Brazil's new President has taken office.
He has made some policy moves that favors the rural coalition.
He made good on some campaign promises to help farmers deal
with environmental issues and Native Indian lands.
This will help him with votes he needs later regarding pension
reform and budget cuts etc.
The Dollar:Real FX has dropped from 3.90:1 to 3.70:1 in recent weeks.
Soybean bids have also dropped with advance of harvest.
Banks think the Real can trade at 3.80 for most of 2019.
Technical analysis shows a possible break to 3.20:1.
The Conab report came in as expected for me. I have seen this before that,
when there is a drought, they tend to wait until February before any
significant adjustments. Most of the data they had was based on December
and most of the last 30 days people have been on vacation.
The yields I hear out of Parana indicate 50% of a crop in the western
1/3 of the state. This region accounts for about 40% of Parana total.
Parana crop conditions are 50% Good, 30% average, and 20% poor.
It is said that in several counties that soybean harvest will be wrapped
up in the next 10 days. The 2nd crop corn is going in very early.
Parana's true soy crop size will show up in the February Conab report.
Mato Grosso: Western 1/3 of the state has fantastic yields.70 sacs per/hectare
or 63 bu per acre is common.
The BR 163 corridor is coming in 10% light on early beans. In general,
if the yield was 60 sacs last season, they are coming in at about 54 sacs
this year. Later beans should be back to normal.
Goias things are going quite well. It sure is a wet drought. Two weeks ago
it rained every other day. This past week was dry and then Saturday
evening a very nice rain again. State wide? No
But it is raining.
Forecast is dry thru end of the month. Bahia and points to NE need
to be watched. This is a critical month for them.
Mato Grosso taxes:
On December 31, the Fethab II regional witholding tax was retired.
This, in essence, increased the net price to Mato Grosso soybean
producer by 60 centavos per sac for 2019. Good news.
However, Mato Grosso is in dire need of new revenue. The new
Governor has proposed a new elevated Fethab tax rate for cotton,
soy, cattle and corn. Corn is a new addition to Mato Grosso witholding.
There are two levels to this tax. One for domestic sales and one for exports.
I will be keeping various VIP clients that have vested interests in Brazil
updated on this. If there is a new Fethab, I do not think it will be applied
until the July 1 Fethab update. That means it will be more of an issue for
corn and cotton marketing than soybeans.
Soybean crop size and technical prices to watch:
SX 19 soybeans made a high at 9.64 this past week. So far 9.71 is
strong resistance as well as the 200 day MA. A trade at 9.72 1/2 tells
me we are moving higher. A trade at 9.70 or less and a reversal lower
tells me we need another wave lower. If we do make a run at 10 bucks,
make damn sure you sell it. 2018, 2019 and even look at 2020.
Clients know where I am at on crop size and where I think we will be
in two weeks.
We have a range from 104 mmt to 119 mmt among experts.
115 mmt- market does not care
110 mmt will have markets attention
below 110 mmt- we have a story for 2019
I think what is confusing to many is that the past two years
we had near ideal weather conditions combined with application
of the lastest genetics and precision ag. This allowed for two back to
back 10 mmt increases. Some assumed this the new norm.
Thus 130 mmt was mentioned a month ago.
We have expanded area, but maybe not quite as much as we thought
earlier. So now we start to cut productivity on a very large base.
Whoosh- the millions of tons disappear that once were thought to
be baseline.
Thus, the last two years I have been conservative on the way up
and have been wrong. Example: last year I was thinking 113 mmt
with outside chance of 115 mmt. Final crop size circa 120 mmt and
given exports for 2018, the crop was likely 122 mmt+.
The maximum potentials were already dialed in last year.
I have been hesitant to drop to low too quickly as per experience
in the USA the past two years. We have a drought or flood and we
produce record yields. The stress did the beans good.
Thus, we need to be careful here too on the way down.
Brazil has damn good farmers and they have invested heavily into the
newest technology. This crop will not give up easily.
The issue in Parana and MGDS was not so much lack of rain but
the combination of intense heat at pod fill and a root fungus
that caused the beans to die early. It was like the soybeans were
micro-waved. This gave the illusion that beans were killed early-
intentionally- they were not.
I will update more to my subscriber list.
Drop me a note if you are interested in more real time info
and not info that is 2-3 weeks old by the time it comes
out in general media.
agturbobrazil@yahoo.com
Thank you to all the VIP renewals for 2019.
Much appreciated
keywords: BR soy crop, Mato Grosso tax, weather, crop conditions, yields
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Monday, December 24, 2018
Dec 24th update
Parana received some rains over the weekend.
This will help later planted soybeans. Early soybeans
have been hurt by three weeks of drought.
I think the new mega crop for Brazil is overstated.
I think we have a crop size similar to last year on deck.
It would take a dry January and Feb in Northeast to subtract
more from current potential.
9.71 on the SX19 contract proves to be resistence for now.
If one looks at historical charts, it makes sense.
Dollar remains at the 3.90 level. This seems more to do
with international events than domestic.
Brazil seems like it will ship out 84 mmt in 2018.
If so, 2018 crop was likely larger than published.
Some of the extra came from Paraguay.
The crushing industry had to submit to the export bids
this year and throttle back.
This adds pressure to chicken and hog sectors in Brazil
as per feed rations.
At the moment Brazil and USA are at par for new crop
export bids.
With the declining hog herd in China, I think if China
buys circa 5 mmt of soybeans from USA, that stabilizes their situation for
now.
Brazil will have exportable supplies in two weeks with early burn down
of the 90-95 day soybeans that were planted. This was a mistake
for many, but they will make it back with early planted 2nd corn.
So long as Brazil has 80 mmt to export in 2019, China really does not
need anymore beans until Oct/Nov/Dec 2019. Remember, Argentina
will rebound 15 mmt+ this season also.
What if??
Yes other countries will pick up some of the slack. But China was a 32 mmt
customer for USA, if that drops to 5 mmt, that leaves 27 mmt that needs a
new home. Let us say 7 mmt finds a new home.
20 mmt = 740 million bushel needs to be carried forward.......
If we are optimistic and USA and China pull off a mega deal and
China buys 20 mmt this spring, then 20 mmt will be added to
Brazil balance sheet for 2020.
In the end, someone is going to be holding 20 mmt?? Who will it be?
The American soybean payment could also be looked at as a nice storage
payment like in the 80s - paid to store grain for years. But it looks like
this is a one off payment. A farmer could take a loan on the beans
this winter which would get him to Sept 2019 before delivery.
SX19 needs to tell American farmer to tap the brakes.
If USA farmer does not, then March 2020 contract needs to tell
Brazil farmer to tap the brakes?
Brazil farmer at moment has 3.90:1 dollar working in his favor.
If that drops back to 3.30, Brazil farmer no longer has life
insurance policy for 2020.
It's going to get interesting. There are going to be tears somewhere.
Who will it be?
There is a tsunami of soybeans out there. If no deal, American farmer
is the last one standing when the music stops with no chair to sit in.
If there is a deal, then it will be the Brazilian farmer standing with no
chair to sit in this year at Carnival when the Samba stops.
Carnival is late this year. March 1-5th wink wink
I watched a Netflix series this weekend. It was called Pine Gap.
As in Pine Gap, Australia. The secret USA/Australian base
that monitors communication and movements globally.
In the program there was a Chinese businessman trying to do
a natural gas deal in Alice Springs. He made a comment in the last
episode that made me chuckle.
"In the USA, you teach your children to play Chess. The winner is who
can get the others King as quickly as possible."
"In China, we play a game called GOL. The winner is who can amass
the most territory and keep it the longest."
I thought this was an appropriate analogy for the current trade war.
Of course there are many things more important than soybeans at the
moment.
I sometimes wonder if Brazil and USA even realize the game they are in?
However, I think China has USA and Brazil by the short hairs going forward.
Both countries have become too dependant on China- each in their own way.
China is going to have cheap beans one way or another for the foreseeable
future.
Brazil has a 120 mmt crop. Maybe a bit more.
Even with a late season drought and a drop to 115 mmt, Chicago will
not care.
Ideally, USA and Brazil would each drop 10 mmt each of soy for 2019/2020,
but I fear both are too stubborn to do so.
Happy New Year
Kory
Keywords: Soy, trade war, USA, China, Pine Gap, drought, soy econ
This will help later planted soybeans. Early soybeans
have been hurt by three weeks of drought.
I think the new mega crop for Brazil is overstated.
I think we have a crop size similar to last year on deck.
It would take a dry January and Feb in Northeast to subtract
more from current potential.
9.71 on the SX19 contract proves to be resistence for now.
If one looks at historical charts, it makes sense.
Dollar remains at the 3.90 level. This seems more to do
with international events than domestic.
Brazil seems like it will ship out 84 mmt in 2018.
If so, 2018 crop was likely larger than published.
Some of the extra came from Paraguay.
The crushing industry had to submit to the export bids
this year and throttle back.
This adds pressure to chicken and hog sectors in Brazil
as per feed rations.
At the moment Brazil and USA are at par for new crop
export bids.
With the declining hog herd in China, I think if China
buys circa 5 mmt of soybeans from USA, that stabilizes their situation for
now.
Brazil will have exportable supplies in two weeks with early burn down
of the 90-95 day soybeans that were planted. This was a mistake
for many, but they will make it back with early planted 2nd corn.
So long as Brazil has 80 mmt to export in 2019, China really does not
need anymore beans until Oct/Nov/Dec 2019. Remember, Argentina
will rebound 15 mmt+ this season also.
What if??
Yes other countries will pick up some of the slack. But China was a 32 mmt
customer for USA, if that drops to 5 mmt, that leaves 27 mmt that needs a
new home. Let us say 7 mmt finds a new home.
20 mmt = 740 million bushel needs to be carried forward.......
If we are optimistic and USA and China pull off a mega deal and
China buys 20 mmt this spring, then 20 mmt will be added to
Brazil balance sheet for 2020.
In the end, someone is going to be holding 20 mmt?? Who will it be?
The American soybean payment could also be looked at as a nice storage
payment like in the 80s - paid to store grain for years. But it looks like
this is a one off payment. A farmer could take a loan on the beans
this winter which would get him to Sept 2019 before delivery.
SX19 needs to tell American farmer to tap the brakes.
If USA farmer does not, then March 2020 contract needs to tell
Brazil farmer to tap the brakes?
Brazil farmer at moment has 3.90:1 dollar working in his favor.
If that drops back to 3.30, Brazil farmer no longer has life
insurance policy for 2020.
It's going to get interesting. There are going to be tears somewhere.
Who will it be?
There is a tsunami of soybeans out there. If no deal, American farmer
is the last one standing when the music stops with no chair to sit in.
If there is a deal, then it will be the Brazilian farmer standing with no
chair to sit in this year at Carnival when the Samba stops.
Carnival is late this year. March 1-5th wink wink
I watched a Netflix series this weekend. It was called Pine Gap.
As in Pine Gap, Australia. The secret USA/Australian base
that monitors communication and movements globally.
In the program there was a Chinese businessman trying to do
a natural gas deal in Alice Springs. He made a comment in the last
episode that made me chuckle.
"In the USA, you teach your children to play Chess. The winner is who
can get the others King as quickly as possible."
"In China, we play a game called GOL. The winner is who can amass
the most territory and keep it the longest."
I thought this was an appropriate analogy for the current trade war.
Of course there are many things more important than soybeans at the
moment.
I sometimes wonder if Brazil and USA even realize the game they are in?
However, I think China has USA and Brazil by the short hairs going forward.
Both countries have become too dependant on China- each in their own way.
China is going to have cheap beans one way or another for the foreseeable
future.
Brazil has a 120 mmt crop. Maybe a bit more.
Even with a late season drought and a drop to 115 mmt, Chicago will
not care.
Ideally, USA and Brazil would each drop 10 mmt each of soy for 2019/2020,
but I fear both are too stubborn to do so.
Happy New Year
Kory
Keywords: Soy, trade war, USA, China, Pine Gap, drought, soy econ
Saturday, December 1, 2018
Dec 1 blog update
Happy Holidays from Brazil
2018 is coming to an end. From my perspective it cannot
come soon enough. The year has flown by, but jumping from
crisis to crisis all year gets old.
I have been in Mato Grosso and Sao Paulo states the past two weeks.
The crop looks great.
The week ahead looks wet. I am sure we will start to hear about
rust issues etc. Most will apply 3 or 4 fungicide applications.
I do not lose any sleep over rust. Brazil farmers are too good at what
they do to worry about that.
The new President and Admin will take office Jan 1.
Many are optimistic about the start of 2019.
The soybean crop will be big as will the 2nd crop corn.
Sugarcane crop looks stable for 2019 but with a switch
back to more sugar than ethanol production.
Machinery sales should be good again in 2019.
As I write this, we will all be waiting for a tweet from Trump
sometime Saturday night. With all the option activity this past week,
Sunday night proves to be a big move.
A gap higher, we could say the lows are in and we have a market again.
A gap lower, then I fear we have another leg lower to go and we need to
find some sort of capitulation this winter to discourage soybean production.
A deal in early 2019 would not be good for Brazil farmer. Port premiums have
already retraced and would likely decrease even further. If the USA would start selling
beans again at peak harvest pressure for Brazil farmer, things could get ugly here in a
hurry if the Dollar:Real would revert back to 3.30 instead of 3.80:1.
Dollar at 3.85:1 is a life insurance policy for BR farmer for the medium term.
Jan thru March.
Are we 50-60 cents higher next week or 50-60 cents lower.
This will set the tone for the next few months I think.
USDA production reports in January. USA crop insurance guarantee pricing
in Feb. March 31 planting intentions and a 500 million or a 1 billion
bushel carryover. PNW freight pricing and storage space at ports?
Booking of ocean freight?
This is starting to look like a multi-year issue to chew through all of this.
A private BR consultant is at 125 mmt for BR with outside chance of 129 mmt
of soybeans. Uff-Da
The drought year 3 years ago we were at 95 mmt.
I would have never thought we could be at 130 mmt so quickly.
Many Many moving parts. I do my best with info from China, ARG, BR, and USA
everyday.
Look for a few early soybeans to be ready about Dec 25th.(cotton ground)
The next block will be ready Jan 5th. By Jan 15th, Parana and MT will be in
full harvest mode.
Drop me a note if you are interested in becoming a subscriber at one of the
levels listed on my site.
Happy New Year to all,
Kory
Keywords: BR soy, prices, rust, G-20, Trump Tweet, soy gaps
* I will send out special Conab highlights report Dec 11th.
2018 is coming to an end. From my perspective it cannot
come soon enough. The year has flown by, but jumping from
crisis to crisis all year gets old.
I have been in Mato Grosso and Sao Paulo states the past two weeks.
The crop looks great.
The week ahead looks wet. I am sure we will start to hear about
rust issues etc. Most will apply 3 or 4 fungicide applications.
I do not lose any sleep over rust. Brazil farmers are too good at what
they do to worry about that.
The new President and Admin will take office Jan 1.
Many are optimistic about the start of 2019.
The soybean crop will be big as will the 2nd crop corn.
Sugarcane crop looks stable for 2019 but with a switch
back to more sugar than ethanol production.
Machinery sales should be good again in 2019.
As I write this, we will all be waiting for a tweet from Trump
sometime Saturday night. With all the option activity this past week,
Sunday night proves to be a big move.
A gap higher, we could say the lows are in and we have a market again.
A gap lower, then I fear we have another leg lower to go and we need to
find some sort of capitulation this winter to discourage soybean production.
A deal in early 2019 would not be good for Brazil farmer. Port premiums have
already retraced and would likely decrease even further. If the USA would start selling
beans again at peak harvest pressure for Brazil farmer, things could get ugly here in a
hurry if the Dollar:Real would revert back to 3.30 instead of 3.80:1.
Dollar at 3.85:1 is a life insurance policy for BR farmer for the medium term.
Jan thru March.
Are we 50-60 cents higher next week or 50-60 cents lower.
This will set the tone for the next few months I think.
USDA production reports in January. USA crop insurance guarantee pricing
in Feb. March 31 planting intentions and a 500 million or a 1 billion
bushel carryover. PNW freight pricing and storage space at ports?
Booking of ocean freight?
This is starting to look like a multi-year issue to chew through all of this.
A private BR consultant is at 125 mmt for BR with outside chance of 129 mmt
of soybeans. Uff-Da
The drought year 3 years ago we were at 95 mmt.
I would have never thought we could be at 130 mmt so quickly.
Many Many moving parts. I do my best with info from China, ARG, BR, and USA
everyday.
Look for a few early soybeans to be ready about Dec 25th.(cotton ground)
The next block will be ready Jan 5th. By Jan 15th, Parana and MT will be in
full harvest mode.
Drop me a note if you are interested in becoming a subscriber at one of the
levels listed on my site.
Happy New Year to all,
Kory
Keywords: BR soy, prices, rust, G-20, Trump Tweet, soy gaps
* I will send out special Conab highlights report Dec 11th.
Friday, October 19, 2018
Oct 19 Blog update
Hi
Election #2 is Oct 28th. It is not proper for a foreigner to comment on
BR elections, therefore, I will wait until later to comment on new President.
The recent polls show a 20 point lead by one of the candidates and I believe
that is correct given round 1 election results.
2019 is a new day for Brazil. The question is will Brazil change or
will it be the same scenario with new faces?
I think I will stick to what I am good at - soy, corn, and some
infastructure comments.
Soy planting is off to a great start. 30%+ planted for Mato Grosso.
Rains are good in central part of country and 10 day forecast looks good.
All of this bodes well for early harvest and ideal planting of 2nd crop.
Brazil has had two years of back to back of high productivity. This is what has
pushed us from 100 mmt to 120 mmt.
Brazil is on deck to use record amounts of fertilizer. This also bodes
well for planted area and productivity.
95 day soy will be ready Jan 1 in Parana and Paraguay. Mato Grosso
shortly thereafter.
Ports will have new crop beans by late Jan.
2nd crop corn will go in during the ideal window.
Much different than last year.
Brazil should produce 115-125 mmt of soybeans.
115 mmt if we have lower productivity due to lack of sunlight or
some such event.
If we increased more than 1 million hectares with high productivity,
we will be closer to 125 mmt next April.
I expect 2nd crop corn to be a record and total corn at or near
100 mmt in 2019.
The new administration has many challenges in early 2019.
I hope they can break some ground on some new ag projects
in 2019. It has been a three year holding pattern.
The new president to be is pro-Chinese infrastrutcure investments
such as railroads. He is, however, anti-Chinese land ownership.
The new president to be is very pro-American.
Welcome Welcome with open arms.
Clients of mine have done very well with owning Rumo Railroad
stock the past year. Right place and right time. (truckers strike was rail positive)
Ethanol demand is also running at record levels.
The sugarcane industry continues to struggle with lack of
reinvestment. The future is still unclear. Renew-Bio is still
in project phase.
Corn ethanol production and plant expansion continues
in Mato Grosso. It continues to be the shining star in Brazil.
Clients continue to expand mills.
Recent pull back in BRL FX from 4.20 to 3.70 has sudued soybean and corn
prices domestically.
So long as the truckers do not get out of hand during harvest, Brazil
is looking at fantastic start to 2019, nice port premiums due to trade war,
rampant Chinese soy demand, and FX in the mid 3 to 4 handle range.
Figure 3.50 going forward.
Machinery sales, ag shows, new projects should all be on the radar
in early 2019.
Brazil has closed out this 16 year political experiment and this
multi-volume set of history books will be studied for decades of what went right
and what went wrong.
A new special edition set of books will start to be written Jan 1, 2019.
It could be the best of times and then again we could be going back
in time to the mid-1960s as some intellectuals much older and wiser
than me have opined about in recent Brazil columns.
Many in the country are enthusiastic to start a new chapter in Brazil.
Others are cringing at this new reality.
I do not know.
I will ride the wave as to where it takes me. The odds have been against
me since 2003. I am still here. Many others have come and Brazil spit
them out and sent them packing. Brazil burped with Gringo acid -reflux
and sent them home. Bascially, Mama Brazil said you ain't ready yet,
come back when you are.
The next cycle is likely to start now. Brazil ag is strong. So long as the
new administration does not do anything stupid or too restrictive,
there will likey be a new wave of pioneers to try their luck.
Less bureaucracy, less taxes, less tariffs, a more open economy.
Dollar 3.50:1 is a lot more leverage than back when we were 1.60:1 back
in 2012.
Buy when everyone else wants to sell.
Sell when everyone else wants to buy.
The 2020's should keep us all on our feet.
Abracos
Kory
Key words: Soy, corn, 2019 BR admin, foreigners, FX, New day for Brazil
* Drop me a note if interested in newsletters or VIP services.
I will likely increase the prices starting in 2019.
Election #2 is Oct 28th. It is not proper for a foreigner to comment on
BR elections, therefore, I will wait until later to comment on new President.
The recent polls show a 20 point lead by one of the candidates and I believe
that is correct given round 1 election results.
2019 is a new day for Brazil. The question is will Brazil change or
will it be the same scenario with new faces?
I think I will stick to what I am good at - soy, corn, and some
infastructure comments.
Soy planting is off to a great start. 30%+ planted for Mato Grosso.
Rains are good in central part of country and 10 day forecast looks good.
All of this bodes well for early harvest and ideal planting of 2nd crop.
Brazil has had two years of back to back of high productivity. This is what has
pushed us from 100 mmt to 120 mmt.
Brazil is on deck to use record amounts of fertilizer. This also bodes
well for planted area and productivity.
95 day soy will be ready Jan 1 in Parana and Paraguay. Mato Grosso
shortly thereafter.
Ports will have new crop beans by late Jan.
2nd crop corn will go in during the ideal window.
Much different than last year.
Brazil should produce 115-125 mmt of soybeans.
115 mmt if we have lower productivity due to lack of sunlight or
some such event.
If we increased more than 1 million hectares with high productivity,
we will be closer to 125 mmt next April.
I expect 2nd crop corn to be a record and total corn at or near
100 mmt in 2019.
The new administration has many challenges in early 2019.
I hope they can break some ground on some new ag projects
in 2019. It has been a three year holding pattern.
The new president to be is pro-Chinese infrastrutcure investments
such as railroads. He is, however, anti-Chinese land ownership.
The new president to be is very pro-American.
Welcome Welcome with open arms.
Clients of mine have done very well with owning Rumo Railroad
stock the past year. Right place and right time. (truckers strike was rail positive)
Ethanol demand is also running at record levels.
The sugarcane industry continues to struggle with lack of
reinvestment. The future is still unclear. Renew-Bio is still
in project phase.
Corn ethanol production and plant expansion continues
in Mato Grosso. It continues to be the shining star in Brazil.
Clients continue to expand mills.
Recent pull back in BRL FX from 4.20 to 3.70 has sudued soybean and corn
prices domestically.
So long as the truckers do not get out of hand during harvest, Brazil
is looking at fantastic start to 2019, nice port premiums due to trade war,
rampant Chinese soy demand, and FX in the mid 3 to 4 handle range.
Figure 3.50 going forward.
Machinery sales, ag shows, new projects should all be on the radar
in early 2019.
Brazil has closed out this 16 year political experiment and this
multi-volume set of history books will be studied for decades of what went right
and what went wrong.
A new special edition set of books will start to be written Jan 1, 2019.
It could be the best of times and then again we could be going back
in time to the mid-1960s as some intellectuals much older and wiser
than me have opined about in recent Brazil columns.
Many in the country are enthusiastic to start a new chapter in Brazil.
Others are cringing at this new reality.
I do not know.
I will ride the wave as to where it takes me. The odds have been against
me since 2003. I am still here. Many others have come and Brazil spit
them out and sent them packing. Brazil burped with Gringo acid -reflux
and sent them home. Bascially, Mama Brazil said you ain't ready yet,
come back when you are.
The next cycle is likely to start now. Brazil ag is strong. So long as the
new administration does not do anything stupid or too restrictive,
there will likey be a new wave of pioneers to try their luck.
Less bureaucracy, less taxes, less tariffs, a more open economy.
Dollar 3.50:1 is a lot more leverage than back when we were 1.60:1 back
in 2012.
Buy when everyone else wants to sell.
Sell when everyone else wants to buy.
The 2020's should keep us all on our feet.
Abracos
Kory
Key words: Soy, corn, 2019 BR admin, foreigners, FX, New day for Brazil
* Drop me a note if interested in newsletters or VIP services.
I will likely increase the prices starting in 2019.
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Aug 31 blog Something I never thought I would see in my lifetime
Hi
It has been awhile.
Politics in Brazil has been the center of attention.
Impossible to predict at this point.
Left vs Right.
More erratic behavior by the FX will be the norm through Oct.
I was sending out 2019 new crop price updates to clients today.
Then it hit me.
I am experiencing something I never would have thought possible.
I first visited Mato Grosso in 2001- pioneer and land clearing days.
I remember price of soy was R$ 18-20 per sac back then.
Soy was about US$4.50 in Chicago. LDP's were the mantra and double Amta payments.
We were putting land into CRP and these lunactics were clearing forest and expanding
in Mato Grosso. Cash price was about US$ 3.75 per bushel at the time in MT.
This does not compute I told myself.
This was all pre-Asian rust so production costs were much lower than today's
high tech ag methods.
I come from Northwest Minnesota. Generally speaking, the cash price
of soybeans in Sorriso,MT has been the same or a little less than my local price
in US dollars per bushel.
FX, freight rates, port premiums have tweaked that from time to time.
We have all seen the challenges to get Mato Grosso production to port either
via Amazon or southern ports- sometimes trucks and sometimes trains.
What grabbed my attention today is that new crop 2019 soybeans for
January delivery in Sorriso is R$67 per sac or US$ 7.40 per bushel.
NW MN cash soybeans today are US$ 1.80 under Chicago.
The net price is about US$ 6.60 per bushel today.
We now have Mato Grosso beans worth more than NW MN and
ND beans. Tap your heels together 3X Dorothy, you ain't in
Kansas anymore.
We all know MT beans need to travel via covered wagon, through
the rivers, and past the alligators, anacondas, and natives on muddy
roads. And still the beans are worth more than if they took a leisurely
ride on a train to Portland.
As I said above, I never thought I would see the day that beans grown
in Mato Grosso will be worth more than beans from Canadian border.
Ponder that
Just think what happens when these Mato Grosso farmers get one
of those swanky new choo choo trains.
All aboard !!!!
Enjoy the ride !!!!
I expect it to be very scenic the next 60 days!!!
Kory
keywords: MT soy, prices, NW MN, basis, MT history
It has been awhile.
Politics in Brazil has been the center of attention.
Impossible to predict at this point.
Left vs Right.
More erratic behavior by the FX will be the norm through Oct.
I was sending out 2019 new crop price updates to clients today.
Then it hit me.
I am experiencing something I never would have thought possible.
I first visited Mato Grosso in 2001- pioneer and land clearing days.
I remember price of soy was R$ 18-20 per sac back then.
Soy was about US$4.50 in Chicago. LDP's were the mantra and double Amta payments.
We were putting land into CRP and these lunactics were clearing forest and expanding
in Mato Grosso. Cash price was about US$ 3.75 per bushel at the time in MT.
This does not compute I told myself.
This was all pre-Asian rust so production costs were much lower than today's
high tech ag methods.
I come from Northwest Minnesota. Generally speaking, the cash price
of soybeans in Sorriso,MT has been the same or a little less than my local price
in US dollars per bushel.
FX, freight rates, port premiums have tweaked that from time to time.
We have all seen the challenges to get Mato Grosso production to port either
via Amazon or southern ports- sometimes trucks and sometimes trains.
What grabbed my attention today is that new crop 2019 soybeans for
January delivery in Sorriso is R$67 per sac or US$ 7.40 per bushel.
NW MN cash soybeans today are US$ 1.80 under Chicago.
The net price is about US$ 6.60 per bushel today.
We now have Mato Grosso beans worth more than NW MN and
ND beans. Tap your heels together 3X Dorothy, you ain't in
Kansas anymore.
We all know MT beans need to travel via covered wagon, through
the rivers, and past the alligators, anacondas, and natives on muddy
roads. And still the beans are worth more than if they took a leisurely
ride on a train to Portland.
As I said above, I never thought I would see the day that beans grown
in Mato Grosso will be worth more than beans from Canadian border.
Ponder that
Just think what happens when these Mato Grosso farmers get one
of those swanky new choo choo trains.
All aboard !!!!
Enjoy the ride !!!!
I expect it to be very scenic the next 60 days!!!
Kory
keywords: MT soy, prices, NW MN, basis, MT history
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
July 3 blog update
Much has happened since last blog update.
Two dollars lower in Chicago.
Trucker freight rates are still in dispute
Freight rates are circa 50% higher.
Dollar:Real is trading 3.90:1
Brazil has won 3 games in World Cup
Fertilizer is stranded at Paranagua port- no trucks will come get it
Chinese are aggressive bidders for soybeans
Even with soy price correction and higher freight rates,
soybean prices in Mato Grosso are almost back to late
May prices when CME was US$10.50/bushel
Soybean premiums at port today are US$ 2.20.bushel over
CME with an upward bias -basis August
Clickbait in todays BR media that Dollar:Real will trade 5.50:1
in 2019 if wrong President is elected- Bank of America projection
Brazil will expand 1 to 1.5 million hectares for 2019
Corn harvest is progressing
Corn crop size for national total looks to be 82 mmt
down from last year's 97 mmt
I expect mega hectares of corn to be planted in 2019
Brazil foods is selling off some assets
July is vacation month for Brasilians
World Cup will occupy everyones time
Much talk of more railroads since trucker strike- need to
speed up bidding process and construction pace
No reason at this time not to expect mega soy production
out of Brazil, ARG, and Paraguay in 2019
What do I expect for the next 90 days?
Chaos
Bom Jogos para todos
Bom Bar-be-que para todos
Enjoy the show
Kory
keywords: soy, corn, BR elections, FX, world cup, expansion, railroads
Two dollars lower in Chicago.
Trucker freight rates are still in dispute
Freight rates are circa 50% higher.
Dollar:Real is trading 3.90:1
Brazil has won 3 games in World Cup
Fertilizer is stranded at Paranagua port- no trucks will come get it
Chinese are aggressive bidders for soybeans
Even with soy price correction and higher freight rates,
soybean prices in Mato Grosso are almost back to late
May prices when CME was US$10.50/bushel
Soybean premiums at port today are US$ 2.20.bushel over
CME with an upward bias -basis August
Clickbait in todays BR media that Dollar:Real will trade 5.50:1
in 2019 if wrong President is elected- Bank of America projection
Brazil will expand 1 to 1.5 million hectares for 2019
Corn harvest is progressing
Corn crop size for national total looks to be 82 mmt
down from last year's 97 mmt
I expect mega hectares of corn to be planted in 2019
Brazil foods is selling off some assets
July is vacation month for Brasilians
World Cup will occupy everyones time
Much talk of more railroads since trucker strike- need to
speed up bidding process and construction pace
No reason at this time not to expect mega soy production
out of Brazil, ARG, and Paraguay in 2019
What do I expect for the next 90 days?
Chaos
Bom Jogos para todos
Bom Bar-be-que para todos
Enjoy the show
Kory
keywords: soy, corn, BR elections, FX, world cup, expansion, railroads
Saturday, June 9, 2018
June 9th blog update
If you would like a copy of my June newsletter, drop me a line
at agturbobrazil@yahoo.com. I think I did a pretty good job of
summarizing recent events in Brazil.
The trucker strike resembled something that looked like an
outtake from The Boston Tea Party meets The Lord of the Flies
and a hint of The Planet of the Apes behavior.
It looks like the freight tables have been updated and corn
and soy are moving again.
It is likely we will see other flare ups between now and October
elections.
I doubt Brasilians will protest much while the World Cup is being
played out.
On Tuesday, June 12, Conab will be out with updated 2nd crop
corn numbers. I look for a significant cut in production.
Brazil analysts have a wide range for this year's total corn crop.
78 mmt to about 84 mmt.
I am in the low 80s
Early Mato Grosso corn yields are fantastic. But this early corn
accounts for only about 8% of the area planted in late January.
The yields will drag lower as harvest progresses.
The biggest issue of the last week was the ability of the US$: BRL to
trade as high as 3.97:1 on Thursday. By Friday on the close, the central
bank was able to quash it back to 3.70:1.
For those that bought fertilizer and chemicals for 2019 back in March
when Dollar was 3.25:1, they are in the drivers seat. They can't wait
to plant the 2019 crop.
For those who have waited, they are crapping rubber nickels as to
what to do when the FX is swinging around 20 pts per day.
One day your a hero, and the next day you need a new sign.
The sign says: I am a stupid.
Here is your sign.
I get the feeling that many will feel like this on a weekly basis
until the end of the year.
Brazil bought some time during the Dilma years by selling Swaps.
They did that again during impeachment process.
The central bank quashed the FX from 3.80 back to 3.10. They ended up
making money on the trade.
Two years have gone by and Brazil has not been able to get their fiscal house
in order. Many promises to resolve social security and retirement and so far nadda.
When the government folded their hand to the truckers, that really spooked
the financial markets. More red ink to pick up now with a diesel subsidy.
I think back to Indonesia FX crisis and even Russia. Argentina is also
an example of a fiscal situation gone wild.
It looks like Central bank was able to quash the speculation for now.
US$ 20 billion in swaps ready to dump at any time.
This acted as emergency coolant into the nuclear reactor core for now.
The international FX markets do not dick around. If they smell a hint of
BS or fear, they will tell you quickly to get your fiscal house in order,
or we will do it for you !!!!
Real Quick!!!!
The financial media articles quickly turned to how high the FX is going to
go in 2018 and 2019. Some say 4.40 to 1. Others say 5.50 to 1.
These pundits always seem to be wrong. They were saying that once Lula
was put in prison, the Dollar Real would be 3:1 by the end of 2018.
And 2.80:1 in 2019.
Given the cost of things in Brazil, that made me cringe. It seemed impossible
to be that we could be at 2.80:1. Things simply cost too much.
But at 4:1, things start to seem reasonable again.
I fear that if we do start trading above 4:1 again, the general public
will revolt. I have no idea how the average joe that makes minimum wage
can raise a family here. The Central bank knows this.
I do expect the Central bank to spend many billion in the coming weeks
trying to protect the Real.
Much of this will depend on who next president will be.
But, if the Central bank loses control of this as we pop to 4.50 to:1
and they start marking losses to their book for 2019 swap rollovers,
that also means more red ink for them to cover.
Will they play their hand correctly this time?
or is this the time the House needs to pay out-
and Pay out Big this time??
Much volatility in coming weeks.
So far, all of this plays very well to the soybean farmer for 2019.
R$ 70 per sac new crop soy bids in Mato Grosso meanwhile
CME is selling off. ponder that
Kory
key words: BRL FX, Brazil soy, trucker strike, newsletter, swaps
at agturbobrazil@yahoo.com. I think I did a pretty good job of
summarizing recent events in Brazil.
The trucker strike resembled something that looked like an
outtake from The Boston Tea Party meets The Lord of the Flies
and a hint of The Planet of the Apes behavior.
It looks like the freight tables have been updated and corn
and soy are moving again.
It is likely we will see other flare ups between now and October
elections.
I doubt Brasilians will protest much while the World Cup is being
played out.
On Tuesday, June 12, Conab will be out with updated 2nd crop
corn numbers. I look for a significant cut in production.
Brazil analysts have a wide range for this year's total corn crop.
78 mmt to about 84 mmt.
I am in the low 80s
Early Mato Grosso corn yields are fantastic. But this early corn
accounts for only about 8% of the area planted in late January.
The yields will drag lower as harvest progresses.
The biggest issue of the last week was the ability of the US$: BRL to
trade as high as 3.97:1 on Thursday. By Friday on the close, the central
bank was able to quash it back to 3.70:1.
For those that bought fertilizer and chemicals for 2019 back in March
when Dollar was 3.25:1, they are in the drivers seat. They can't wait
to plant the 2019 crop.
For those who have waited, they are crapping rubber nickels as to
what to do when the FX is swinging around 20 pts per day.
One day your a hero, and the next day you need a new sign.
The sign says: I am a stupid.
Here is your sign.
I get the feeling that many will feel like this on a weekly basis
until the end of the year.
Brazil bought some time during the Dilma years by selling Swaps.
They did that again during impeachment process.
The central bank quashed the FX from 3.80 back to 3.10. They ended up
making money on the trade.
Two years have gone by and Brazil has not been able to get their fiscal house
in order. Many promises to resolve social security and retirement and so far nadda.
When the government folded their hand to the truckers, that really spooked
the financial markets. More red ink to pick up now with a diesel subsidy.
I think back to Indonesia FX crisis and even Russia. Argentina is also
an example of a fiscal situation gone wild.
It looks like Central bank was able to quash the speculation for now.
US$ 20 billion in swaps ready to dump at any time.
This acted as emergency coolant into the nuclear reactor core for now.
The international FX markets do not dick around. If they smell a hint of
BS or fear, they will tell you quickly to get your fiscal house in order,
or we will do it for you !!!!
Real Quick!!!!
The financial media articles quickly turned to how high the FX is going to
go in 2018 and 2019. Some say 4.40 to 1. Others say 5.50 to 1.
These pundits always seem to be wrong. They were saying that once Lula
was put in prison, the Dollar Real would be 3:1 by the end of 2018.
And 2.80:1 in 2019.
Given the cost of things in Brazil, that made me cringe. It seemed impossible
to be that we could be at 2.80:1. Things simply cost too much.
But at 4:1, things start to seem reasonable again.
I fear that if we do start trading above 4:1 again, the general public
will revolt. I have no idea how the average joe that makes minimum wage
can raise a family here. The Central bank knows this.
I do expect the Central bank to spend many billion in the coming weeks
trying to protect the Real.
Much of this will depend on who next president will be.
But, if the Central bank loses control of this as we pop to 4.50 to:1
and they start marking losses to their book for 2019 swap rollovers,
that also means more red ink for them to cover.
Will they play their hand correctly this time?
or is this the time the House needs to pay out-
and Pay out Big this time??
Much volatility in coming weeks.
So far, all of this plays very well to the soybean farmer for 2019.
R$ 70 per sac new crop soy bids in Mato Grosso meanwhile
CME is selling off. ponder that
Kory
key words: BRL FX, Brazil soy, trucker strike, newsletter, swaps
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