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Demand from China lifts US soyabean prices

By Chris Flood

Published: May 19 2009 11:09 | Last updated: May 19 2009 22:27

US soyabean prices have risen by almost a third since the start of March amid strong demand from China and production problems in both Argentina and Brazil.

Soyabean prices rose strongly on Tuesday amid fresh concerns about supply tightness after Informa Economics, the consultancy, forecast that US stocks at the end of the current season would shrink to 77m bushels, well below the US Department of Agriculture’s inventory forecast of 130m bushels, which was released this month.

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