India NCDEX soybean rises towards MSP; mustard up

Futures contracts of soybean rose towards the minimum support price following reports that the government may double incentive on export of oilmeals. The most active December contract of soybean on the NCDEX ended 0.4% higher. The minimum support price of soybean for 2017-18 is 3,050 rupees per 100 kg, which includes a one-time bonus of 200 rupees.

Brazil’s 2017/18 soybean crop seen at 111 mln tonnes

Brazilian farmers are expected to collect 111 million tonnes of soybeans in the 2017/18 season. Also estimates a 3 percent rise in soybean planted area, to a record 35 million hectares, as more farmers opted to plant the oilseed instead of corn during the Brazilian summer. Last season, Brazilian farmers collected a record 114.7 million tonnes of soybeans.

Ukraine Soybean average yield 16% lower than last year

Oilseed harvesting is almost complete in Ukraine. As of November 21, sunseed was gathered from 5890.4 Th ha or 99% of its intended area (5955.8 Th ha). Farmers obtained 11822 KMT of sunseed with average yield 2.01 MT/ha which is 11.5% lower than last year. Farmers gathered 3641.1 KMT of soybeans from 1899 Th ha out of intended 1990.1 Th ha. The average yield was 1.92 MT/ha, as of November 21 (-16% compared to last year). Winter rapeseed had been sown at 861.6 Th ha that is 12% more than planned (769.2 Th ha). Last year winter rapeseed area was 844 th ha.