About & sources
Official sources. Plain English. No calls.
BeanBrief is a small, independent publication for professionals who follow soybeans. We aggregate scheduled public releases and summarise them — we don't forecast, and we never tell anyone what to do.
Sources we track
Every brief links back to the specific release it is based on.
| Source | Report | Cadence (agency time) | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|---|
| USDA WAOB | World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) | Monthly, 12:00 ET | U.S. and world soybean, meal and oil balance sheets |
| USDA NASS | Crop Production; Crop Progress; Fats & Oils / Grain Crushings | Monthly with WASDE; weekly Mon 16:00 ET (Apr–Nov); monthly 15:00 ET | Yield and production; planting/harvest pace and condition; official crush |
| USDA FAS | Weekly Export Sales | Thu 08:30 ET (Fri in holiday weeks) | Net sales and shipments of soybeans, meal and oil by destination |
| CFTC | Commitments of Traders | Fri 15:30 ET, Tuesday data (holiday shifts) | Positions by trader category in CBOT soybean futures & options |
| NOPA | Monthly Crush Report | ~15th, 12:00 ET | Crush by members (~99% of U.S. crush), oil stocks, meal exports — licensed data |
| CONAB | Levantamento de Safra de Grãos | Monthly, 09:00 Brasília | Brazil soybean area, yield and production |
Planned: CME Group / CBOT exchange notices, USDA AMS export inspections. NOPA data is licensed by NOPA via LSEG; we only publish what our licence permits.
Editorial rules
- Information only. No trade recommendations, signals, targets or price forecasts — ever.
- Every number has a source. Figures come from the official release and are linked; our checks block anything that doesn't match.
- No invented data. If a figure isn't published, we don't estimate it.
- AI is disclosed. AI drafts text from extracted data under fixed rules; this is stated on every brief.
- Corrections are visible. Errors are corrected on the page with a dated note.
Why soybeans only
Soybeans sit at the centre of a global trade between the Americas and Asia, with a dense calendar of official releases across U.S. and Brazilian agencies. Covering one market lets us be complete, consistent and fast — instead of skimming many.
Contact
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