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Flash

The 3-4 page FLASH is published daily from Tuesday to Friday and is circulated by e-mail. The report gives daily analyses, daily prices, forecasts and opinion on the pertinent market topics of today and tomorrow. It serves the world’s oilseed, oil and feed industries and other market participants with reliable and unbiased information.

SAMPLE

Thursday March 26, 2026

The following are the headlines of the respective FLASH report.

The full report (3-4 pages) is available either on a subscription basis (by e-mail) or can be purchased and downloaded individually.

  • Futures prices of soybeans and soya oil recovered yesterday and closed sizably higher, while soya meal continued to weaken, pushing the oil share to 51.2% in the May contract…

  • We now estimate the global area under sunflowerseed to be increased further to a new high of 34.1 Mn ha in 2026/27 on top of last year’s unusually high 32.8 Mn ha.…Some late changes in planting intentions are now apparently taking place from high fertilizer-dependent corn and other crops in favour of sunflowerseed....

  • Diminishing old-crop supplies reduced Argentine soybean crushings to only 2.0 Mn T last month, down 0.7 Mn T from a year earlier and the smallest monthly volume since Dec 2023.…

  • Thai mandatory admixture of biodiesel has reportedly been raised from 5 to 7% with effect from March 14 to lessen the dependence on mineral diesel. Rising domestic requirements will curtail Thai palm oil export supplies from this month onward.…

  • Supply concerns for Apr/Sept 2026 sparked a rally in Chinese fish meal prices so far this month. More details in the FLASH….

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Wednesday March 25, 2026

The following are the headlines of the respective FLASH report.

The full report (3-4 pages) is available either on a subscription basis (by e-mail) or can be purchased and downloaded individually.

  • World consumption of oilseeds is anticipated by OIL WORLD to slightly exceed world production in the 2025/26 season. But there is currently no oilseed supply concern…

  • On the world market, vegetable oils have followed the price appreciation in the energy market only hesitatingly, despite much improved competitiveness of biodiesel, as we discuss in the FLASH…

  • Soybean crushings are now increasing seasonally in South America, which will raise export supplies of soya meal and will probably result in some downward price pressure…

  • World production of pork and poultry will continue to increase sharply in 2025/26, as we point out in the FLASH, also referring to the slowdown in beef and some focus on developments in individual countries…

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Tuesday March 24, 2026

The following are the headlines of the respective FLASH report.

The full report (3-4 pages) is available either on a subscription basis (by e-mail) or can be purchased and downloaded individually.

  • An analysis on lauric oil prices and of the underlying fundamental factors for the high premiums commanded over palm oil during the past 12 months. Will this new trend persist? And why?...

  • Geopolitical developments, the ongoing war in the Middle East and Ukraine as well as interruption of trade flows and appreciating prices of energy and other commodities continue to create severe uncertainties and risks for market participants…

  • Vegetable oil consumption in the energy market is seen increasing, which is likely to tighten supplies available for the food market…

  • Chinese imports of oilseeds, oils and oilmeals from Russia increased by a combined 0.7 Mn T or almost 50% from a year earlier in Oct/Febr 2025/26, with details given in the FLASH…

  • Brazilian production of biodiesel increased by 10% in Jan/Febr 2026…

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Thursday March 19, 2026

The following are the headlines of the respective FLASH report.

The full report (3-4 pages) is available either on a subscription basis (by e-mail) or can be purchased and downloaded individually.

  • The much-improved price competitiveness of vegetable oils in the energy sector will raise consumption as a feedstock for biodiesel production and tighten supplies available for the food market, as we discuss in the FLASH…

  • Increased Argentine exports of sunflowerseed, oil and meal are resulting in more comfortable supplies on the world market…

  • Sharp increase in palm oil imports of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Vietnam in early 2026…

  • In Argentina domestic requirements of soya meal will continue to rise in 2026 due to rising demand on the pig and poultry industries…

  • Update on world supply and demand of linseed and flaxseed in 2025/26 given in the FLASH….

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