Posts by Duane

HR 1346, FAPRI’s View, & My Thoughts

My alma mater University of Missouri’s Food and Ag Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) released “Potential Impacts of Proposed E15 Expansion and SRE Reallocation Provisions of HR 1346” this week.  Its…

Introducing Morgan. US Soy Simulator.

I’ve been working for a while on this one — a soybean procurement basin simulation I call Morgan. There are ZERO soybean price inputs to this model. Supply, demand, and…

US Crop Values Pale vs Tech CAPEX

Amazon’s 2026 CAPEX budget = $200 billion Alphabet = $175-$185 billion Meta = $115-$135 billion Farm gate value of ALL the corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, rice, sorghum, barley, and oats produced…

Biofuel Demand for Oil is Dominating Headlines.

But both ADM and Bunge mentioned robust meal protein demand during their earnings calls this week. The story is building in the meal market. Thanks for reading Oilseed Impacts. New…

US Soybean Exports are Ramping Up.

But South American harvest is upon us. We need to sell another 13 MMT and ship 25 MMT to hit USDA estimates. With China meeting their purchase volume commitment already,…

Big Soybean Meal Export Week at 500k mt!

New sales of ~170k, brings outstanding sales to ~4700k mt. ~13 weeks of meal exports sold not shipped (using 360k avg). At current crush, we are building oil stocks like…