Uruguay with good production and complicated markets

Published 2024년 12월 22일

Tridge summary

The article highlights a historic winter harvest with high yields in rapeseed, corn, and soybeans, despite quality issues in wheat and barley. However, global market prices, especially for soybeans, are declining due to record Brazilian harvests, a strong dollar, and a devalued Brazilian real, which enhances export competitiveness but pressures prices. Additionally, a projected decrease in Chinese soybean imports and uncertainties in US biofuel policies contribute to a bearish market, affecting global margins, including in Uruguay, with soybean prices nearing $330/ton. The real value of the dollar has returned to end-of-2022 levels, impacting winter grain prices, but advancements in genetics and management have led to record yields, surpassing previous highs from 2009-2011.
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Original content

The winter harvest will be historic in terms of volume, despite certain quality problems, especially in wheat. Yields are good to very good, with several outstanding farms on the coast. Rapeseed, which did not look good at the beginning of the cycle, yielded better than expected. On the other hand, first-rate corn is in excellent condition and soybeans planted on time started the cycle very well, with good water. The problem is the markets: due to various factors, not only have prices not recovered, but they have marked a new downward step. In the case of soybeans, they are at new lows in more than 4 years (graph). In this case, the bearish factors are not new, but they have become more acute. The clearest and most noticeable is the Brazilian harvest, which has been setting records year after year and, in the current cycle, is aiming for a new high. This is because the climate is helping, after some uncertainty due to possible drought, an extreme that - according to predictions - ...
Source: Agromeat

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