Overview
- CBOT January soybeans fell $8.27 to $413.18, reversing part of Thursday’s jump to $421.45 after USDA reporting resumed.
- USDA cut the U.S. soybean crop estimate to 115.75 million tonnes from 117.06 million, a smaller reduction than many traders expected.
- The agency left its China import outlook unchanged and confirmed only about 332,000 tonnes of recent U.S. sales to China.
- USDA lowered the U.S. soybean export forecast to 44.5 million tonnes as competition from Brazil weighs on shipments.
- With the U.S. harvest nearly complete, traders are pivoting to Brazil and Argentina planting and weather, with volatility likely to persist.