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This is your Daily Soybeans Price Tracker with Vanessa Clark podcast.
Hey everyone, welcome back to Daily Soybeans Price Tracker. I'm your host Vanessa Clark, and today we're diving into what's happening in the soybean market right now, because honestly, things are getting pretty interesting.
So let me start with the current price. As of today, January soybean futures are trading around eleven dollars and ten cents per bushel. Now, if you've been following along with us, you know that's actually down quite a bit from where we were just a couple of weeks ago when we were hitting some really strong highs.
Here's what's going on. Earlier this month, there was a lot of optimism around a potential trade deal between the United States and China. President Trump met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea, and everyone thought that China was going to start buying massive amounts of American soybeans again. The U.S. Treasury Secretary was talking about four hundred and forty million bushels by the end of this year, and then around eight hundred and eighty million bushels annually for the next few years.
But here's where it gets complicated. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released data showing that China has only purchased about three hundred and thirty-two thousand metric tons of American soybeans since that summit. That's nowhere near what was promised. In fact, it's only about ten percent of what China said they would buy before the end of twenty twenty-five.
So what happened? Well, China hasn't really acknowledged any formal agreement. It's a bit like they're ghosting the U.S., if you will. Meanwhile, they've been buying way more soybeans from Brazil and other South American countries. There's still a pretty hefty tariff on American beans, around twenty-four percent, and Brazilian soybeans are significantly cheaper right now when you factor that in.
The market reacted hard to this reality. Soybean prices dropped twenty-three cents on November fourteenth alone, and farmers have been watching this unfold with real concern. The American Soybean Association president said that without significant Chinese purchases or government aid, thousands of farmers could go out of business this year. That's not hyperbole either. Farmers are dealing with soaring costs for fertilizer, seed, equipment, and labor, so every penny counts.
Looking ahead, the technical support level everyone's watching is around eleven dollars and ten cents. If we break below that, we could see prices slide even lower. But if we hold support, there's potential for a bounce back toward eleven dollars and thirty-five or forty cents.
The real question now is whether this trade deal is actually going to materialize or if we're just going to keep waiting. China has plenty of soybeans already, and from a purely economic standpoint, Brazilian beans just make more sense for them right now.
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