Soybean price action is down 1 to 2 cents so far on Thursday morning. Futures posted 6 to 17 ¼ cent gains on Wednesday despite a neutral to slightly bearish USDA report. Open interest was down 2,948 contracts, suggesting some short covering. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up 14 3/4 cents at $11.41. Soymeal futures were $1.30 to 3.50 higher on the day, with Soy Oil up 15 to 64 points. There were 26 deliveries against August soybeans overnight, with 2 for soy meal and 91 for bean oil. They expire on Friday.
Crop Production data from NASS this morning showed soybean yield for 2026 estimated at 52.7 bpa. Acreage was raised by 1.4 to 86.8 million acres on the planted side, with harvested acres tallied at 85.8 million acres. That took production to 4.519 bbu, which is 44 mbu larger compared to the WASDE projection from July. FSA data showed prevent plant acres at 525,377 acres for this spring.
