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USDA: Export Sales Highlights

Wheat:  Net sales for the 2017/2018 marketing year, which began June 1, totaled 461,000 metric tons.  Increases were reported for unknown destinations (147,200 MT), Peru (78,500 MT), Mexico (64,500 MT, including decreases of 11,300 MT), Italy (47,300 MT), Japan (35,400 MT), and Yemen (28,300 MT, switched from unknown).  Reductions were reported for Honduras (200 MT).  A total of 1,883,400 MT in sales were carried over from the 2016/2017 marketing year, which ended May 31.  Exports for the period ending May 31 of 470,900 MT brought accumulated exports to 26,512,800 MT, up 36 percent from the prior year’s total of 19,473,100 MT.  The primary destinations were Japan (115,000 MT), Mexico (101,700 MT), Saudi Arabia (59,800 MT), the Philippines (49,500 MT), and Nigeria (32,000 MT).  Exports for June 1 totaled 93,900 MT, with Peru (48,500 MT), Thailand (29,000 MT), Colombia (11,600 MT), and Guatemala (2,400 MT) being the primary destinations.  

Exports for Own Account:  The current exports for own account outstanding balance of 24,900 MT is for Canada.

Corn:  Net sales of 348,600 MT for 2016/2017 were down 15 percent from the previous week and 25 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were reported for Saudi Arabia (139,300 MT, including 136,900 MT switched from unknown destinations), Japan (69,800 MT, including 50,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 900 MT), China (68,400 MT, including 63,000 MT switched from unknown destinations), Mexico (63,100 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), and Colombia (42,800 MT, including 27,400 MT switched from unknown destinations).  Reductions were reported for unknown destinations (194,200 MT) and the Dominican Republic (2,000 MT).  For 2017/2018, net sales of 128,000 MT were reported for unknown destinations (94,000 MT), Panama (16,500 MT), and Mexico (10,000 MT).  Exports of 1,213,800 MT were down 9 percent from the previous week, but up 4 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The primary destinations were Mexico (273,100 MT), South Korea (269,100 MT), Japan (261,500 MT), Saudi Arabia (139,300 MT), and China (121,400 MT).

Optional Origin Sales:    For 2016/2017, new optional origin sales of 100 MT were reported for South Korea.  Options were exercised to export 69,100 MT to South Korea from the United States.  The current optional origin outstanding balance for 2016/2017 of 122,000 MT is for unknown destinations (54,000 MT) and South Korea (68,000 MT).  The current outstanding balance for 2017/2018 of 112,000 MT is for unknown destinations.

Barley:  There were no sales or exports for the 2017/2018 marketing year, which began June 1.  A total of 600 MT in sales were carried over from the 2016/2017 marketing year, which ended May 31.  There were exports for the period ending May 31 of 7,600 MT to Japan.  Accumulated exports were 25,400 MT, up 3 percent from the prior year’s total of 26,200 MT.  There were no exports for June 1.

Sorghum: Net sales reductions of 2,000 MT for 2016/2017 resulted as increases for China (50,000 MT, switched from unknown destinations) and Mexico (1,000 MT), were more than offset by reductions for unknown destinations (53,000 MT).  Exports of 76,700 MT were down 42 percent from the previous week and 32 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The destinations were China (60,000 MT), Mexico (11,600 MT), and Japan (5,100 MT).

Rice:  Net sales of 34,600 MT for 2016/2017 were down 22 percent from the previous week and 16 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were reported for Mexico (14,800 MT, including decreases of 11,800 MT), Panama (9,700 MT), Honduras (4,000 MT), Canada (1,400 MT, including decreases of 200 MT), and Jordan (1,000 MT).  Reductions were reported for El Salvador (500 MT).  Exports of 30,200 MT were down 27 percent from the previous week and 56 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The destinations were primarily Mexico (19,000 MT), Canada (2,400 MT), Jordan (2,000 MT), South Korea (1,200 MT), and Liberia (1,000 MT).                    

Exports for Own Account:   The current exports for own account outstanding balance of 200 MT is for Canada.

Soybeans:  Net sales of 159,100 MT for 2016/2017 were down 74 percent from the previous week and 64 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were reported for Spain (200,000 MT, including 130,000 MT switched from unknown destinations), Egypt (112,500 MT, including 50,000 MT switched from unknown destinations), Indonesia (35,800 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), Canada (28,500 MT), and Colombia (10,000 MT, including 8,000 MT switched from unknown destinations).  Reductions were reported for China (172,600 MT), unknown destinations (85,000 MT), and Japan (2,000 MT).  For 2017/2018, net sales of 221,800 MT were reported for Spain (130,000 MT), Pakistan (66,000 MT), and Mexico (18,000 MT).  Exports of 319,500 MT were down 8 percent from the previous week and 3 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The destinations were primarily Mexico (114,900 MT), China (78,600 MT), Egypt (52,500 MT), Indonesia (19,800 MT), and Vietnam (10,000 MT).

Exports for Own Account:  The current outstanding balance of 69,900 MT is for Canada.
Soybean Cake and Meal:  Net sales of 84,900 MT for 2016/2017 were down 31 percent from the previous week and 32 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were reported for Colombia (22,700 MT), Mexico (15,400 MT)Venezuela (15,000 MT, switched from unknown destinations), Canada (12,300 MT), and the Philippines (11,400 MT).  Reductions were reported for unknown destinations (39,300 MT) and Israel (900 MT).  For 2017/2018, net sales of 14,800 MT were reported for Canada (7,200 MT), Panama (6,800 MT), and Mexico (800 MT).  Exports of 124,300 MT were down 47 percent from the previous week and 26 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The destinations were primarily Mexico (43,200 MT), Venezuela (15,000 MT), Canada (14,100 MT), Israel (10,100 MT), the Dominican Republic (9,300 MT), and Honduras (7,500 MT).

Soybean Oil:  Net sales of 17,600 MT for 2016/2017 were down 23 percent from the previous week and 8 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were reported for Algeria (15,000 MT, switched from unknown destinations), the Dominican Republic (6,100 MT), Mexico (4,600 MT), and Guatemala (4,000 MT).   Reductions of 15,000 MT were reported for unknown destinations.  Exports of 20,400 MT were up noticeably from the previous week and 30 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The destinations were primarily Algeria (15,000 MT), Mexico (4,500 MT), and Canada (700 MT).

Cotton:  Net upland sales of 82,700 RB for 2016/2017 were down 26 percent from the previous week and 19 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were reported for Turkey (19,800 RB, including decreases of 100 RB), Vietnam (19,400 RB, including 300 RB switched from Japan and decreases of 100 RB), Indonesia (14,400 RB, including decreases of 1,700 RB), India (10,800 RB, including decreases of 100 RB), and China (7,400 RB, including decreases of 100 RB).  Reductions were reported for Switzerland (4,400 RB) and Japan (2,600 RB).   For 2017/2018, net sales of 187,500 RB reported primarily for Vietnam (104,400 RB), Indonesia (30,600 RB), and China (30,500 RB), were partially offset by reductions for El Salvador (2,600 RB).  Exports of 316,100 RB were down 15 percent from the previous week and 16 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The primary destinations were Turkey (63,800 RB), India (54,300 RB), Vietnam (43,000 RB), Indonesia (25,700 RB), and Bangladesh (22,700 RB).  Net sales of Pima totaling 9,400 RB for 2016/2017 were down noticeably from the previous week, but up noticeably from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were primarily for India (5,300 RB, including decreases of 200 RB), China (2,400 RB), Japan (1,300 RB), and Peru (900 RB), were partially offset by reductions for Hong Kong (900 RB).  For 2017/2018, net sales of 3,900 RB were reported for China (2,600 RB), Switzerland (900 RB), and Peru (400 RB).   Exports of 8,300 RB were down 22 percent from the previous week and 34 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The destinations were primarily India (3,600 RB), Peru (1,700 RB), China (1,500 RB), and Indonesia (500 RB).

Exports for Own Account:  New exports for own account were reported to Vietnam (16,400 RB), Bangladesh (3,800 RB), Indonesia (1,200 RB), South Korea (1,200 RB), Taiwan (500 RB), Thailand (500 RB), and India (300 RB).   Exports to Vietnam (5,600 RB), Taiwan (2,400 RB), South Korea (1,600 RB), and Thailand (500 RB) were applied to new or outstanding sales.   Decreases were reported for Bangladesh (4,300 RB), Indonesia (800 RB), and Vietnam (300 RB).  The current outstanding balance of 111,900 RB is for Indonesia (62,400 RB), Vietnam (14,900 RB), Taiwan (14,400 RB), Bangladesh (6,600 RB), India (6,100 RB), South Korea (5,100 RB), Thailand (1,900 RB), and Pakistan (500 RB).

Hides and Skins:  Net sales of 608,300 pieces reported for 2017, all whole cattle hides, were up 11 percent from the previous week and 27 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were primarily for China (371,700 pieces, including decreases of 2,600 pieces), South Korea (93,100 pieces, including decreases of 10,400 pieces), Thailand (76,800 pieces), Mexico (28,600 pieces, including decreases of 6,400 pieces), and Brazil (11,900 pieces).  Exports of 398,500 pieces reported for 2017 were up 15 percent from the previous week and 13 percent from the prior 4-week average. Whole cattle hides exports of 394,700 pieces were primarily to China (231,300 pieces), South Korea (88,200 pieces), Mexico (20,900 pieces), Thailand (18,700 pieces), and Taiwan (16,600 pieces).

Net sales of 56,800 wet blues for 2017 were down 82 percent from the previous week and 70 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were reported for Italy (19,200 unsplit), China (12,800 unsplit and 3,500 grain splits), Taiwan (9,600 unsplit), Vietnam (4,600 unsplit), and South Korea (2,500 grain splits).  Reductions were reported for Mexico (100 grain splits).  Exports of 180,000 wet blues for 2017 were down 1 percent from the previous week, but up 15 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The primary destinations were Italy (75,100 unsplit and 3,600 grain splits), China (44,300 unsplit and 1,900 grain splits), and Vietnam (13,400 unsplit and 5,900 grain splits). Net sales of splits totaling 140,000 pounds for 2017 were reported for Taiwan (50,000 pounds), Vietnam (44,500 pounds), China (33,600 pounds), and South Korea (12,000 pounds).  Exports of 381,900 pounds were up 70 percent from the previous week and 51 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The destinations were China (251,100 pounds), Vietnam (120,800 pounds), and South Korea (10,000 pounds).

Beef: Net sales of 13,800 MT reported for 2017 were up 15 percent from the previous week and 47 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were reported for Japan (9,100 MT, including decreases of 2,000 MT), Canada (1,100 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), South Korea (800 MT, including decreases of 300 MT), Egypt (700 MT), and Mexico (600 MT, including decreases of 100 MT).  For 2017/2018, net sales of 200 MT were reported for Canada.  Exports of 12,400 MT were down 16 percent from the previous week and 10 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The primary destinations were Japan (4,200 MT), South Korea (2,900 MT), Mexico (1,500 MT), Hong Kong (1,300 MT), and Canada (800 MT).

Pork:  Net sales of 22,600 MT reported for 2017 were up 65 percent from the previous week and 40 percent from the prior 4-week average.  Increases were reported for Mexico (16,000 MT), Hong Kong (2,600 MT), Japan (1,700 MT), Canada (1,000 MT), and South Korea (300 MT).  Exports of 19,800 MT were down 18 percent from the previous week and 13 percent from the prior 4-week average.  The destinations were primarily Mexico (6,800 MT), Japan (3,100 MT), China (2,400 MT), South Korea (1,900 MT), and Canada (1,400 MT).

Source: USDA WASDA


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BY: Ashley Robinson

It may seem that public and private researchers have different goals when it comes to agricultural research. However, their different strategies can work in tandem to drive agricultural research forward. Public research may focus more on high-risk and applied research with federal or outside funding, while private sector researchers focus more on research application.

“For me, the sweet spot for public private sector research is when we identify problems and collaborate and can use that diverse perspective to address the different aspects of the challenge. Public sector researchers can work on basic science high risk solutions as tools and technologies are developed. They then can work with their private sector partners who prototype solutions,” Mitch Tuinstra, professor of plant breeding and genetics in Purdue University’s Department of Agronomy, said during the Jan. 10 episode of Seed Speaks.

Public researchers they have the flexibility to be more curiosity driven in their work and do discovery research. This is complimentary to private research, which focuses on delivering a product, explained Jed Christianson, canola product design lead for Bayer CropScience, explained during the episode.

“As a seed developer, we worry about things like new crop diseases emerging. Having strong public sector research where people can look into how a disease lifecycle cycle works, how widespread is it and what damage it causes really helps inform our product development strategies,” he added.

It’s not always easy though to develop these partnerships. For Christianson, it’s simple to call up a colleague at Bayer and start working on a research project. Working with someone outside of his company requires approvals from more people and potential contracts.

“Partnerships take time, and you always need to be careful when you're establishing those contracts. For discoveries made within the agreement, there need to be clear mechanisms for sharing credits and guidelines for anything brought into the research to be used in ways that both parties are comfortable with,” Christianson said.

Kamil Witek, group leader of 2Blades, a non-profit that works with public and private ag researchers, pointed out there can be limitations and challenges to these partnerships. While private researchers are driven by being able to make profits and stay ahead of competitors, public researchers may be focused on information sharing and making it accessible to all.

“The way we deal with this, we work in this unique dual market model. Where on one hand we work with business collaborators, with companies to deliver value to perform projects for them. And at the same time, we return the rights to our discoveries to the IP to use for the public good in developing countries,” Witek said during the episode.

At the end of the day, the focus for all researchers is to drive agricultural research forward through combining the knowledge, skills and specializations of the whole innovation chain, Witek added.

“If there's a win in it for me, and there's a win in it for my private sector colleagues in my case, because I'm on the public side, it’s very likely to succeed, because there's something in it for all of us and everyone's motivated to move forward,” Tuinstra said.