Posts by Duane

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…

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…

Something has to give. Which will it be? A) Crush slowdownB) Oil exports increaseC) Biofuel demand finally gets going Thanks for reading Oilseed Impacts. New editions drop weekly. Don’t forget…

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,…

Now that the dust has started to settle, here’s a couple soy complex items I noticed, with some additional color from Oilseeds Crushings data. Thanks for reading Oilseed Impacts. New…

Oct bean oil biofuel demand – 1.006 bil lbs.Nov RIN generations down m-o-m, suggesting a reduction from Oct.Dec, no reason to see a meaningful change. Leaving Nov-Dec usage unchanged vs…

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…

Record monthly crush rate continues. Record soybean meal export sales pace. Weak soybean oil export book. No clarity on 2026 RVO. What could possibly go wrong?

Lots of hype from WASDE for Biofuel demand (15.5 bil lbs vs 11.9 LY). Meanwhile Oct-Dec Biofuel offtake looks to be at or below last year, requiring record monthly usage…

ADM is optimizing and streamlining.Bunge is working through a massive merger with Viterra. I compiled Q3 highlights and CEO commentary about some crush focused topics from their respective earnings calls….