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The Brazilian oilseed crusher association has also revised crush volumes higher to 63.3 million tonnes, while ending stocks were cut to 6.58 million tonnes - the tightest supply-demand balance since 2019 despite remaining at an elevated absolute level.
With corn production estimated at a record 61-63 million tonnes for MY2025/26, delayed harvesting due to high grain moisture and waterlogged fields is curbing near-term export flow, while soybean meal demand from the global feed industry continues to underpin oilseed trade.
Red meat production in Egypt reached 600,000 tonnes, while fresh milk production stood at 7 million tonnes.
China imported 12.08 million tonnes of Brazilian soybeans in June, up 13.7% from a year earlier, while volumes from the United States fell 20.6% to 1.27 million tonnes, far off the pace implied by the purchasing deal agreed by Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, according to figures released on Monday by China's General Administration of Customs.
Chinese arrivals are forecast to remain above 10 million tonnes per month through July and August, with analysts saying full-year imports could approach or exceed the 2025 record.
Fusarium and Aspergillus mycotoxins are often considered the most common and critical mycotoxins in grains and feed. However, Alternaria fungi, where the most predominant is A. alternata, have also a large presence in wheat, sorghum and barley, and have also been reported to occur in oilseeds such as sunflower and rapeseed, tomato, apples, citrus fruits, olives and several other fruits and vegetables (EFSA, 2011).
The current focus of poultry feed industry is to minimize the variation in feed quality, maximize feed efficiency and reduce feed cost. Feed quality mainly depends on the quality of raw materials and major factors contributing to variation in quality of raw materials include crop varieties, climatic conditions, fertilization practices, soil fertility, processing techniques, storage conditions and presence of anti-nutritional substances.
