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   Global Feed Markets: July - August 2012



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                                     GRAIN & FEED MARKETS
                                          Every issue GFMT’s market analyst John Buckley reviews
                                        world trading conditions which are impacting the full range of
                                      commodities used in food and feed production. His observations
                                                     will influence your decision-making.



                               US crop disaster is a game-changer
    While the world



                             T
                                         WO months ago the USDA shocked            thinking twice about the scope of its sales campaign
wheat crop may be                        markets with a massive US maize crop      amid its ongoing preoccupation with domestic
                                         forecast that promised to cap costs       food price inflation. That would be a pity for feed-
turning out 15/25m                       across the feed sector and take upward    grain consumers in Asia who have been viewing
                             price pressure off relatively adequate wheat          India as an alternative source of supplies to tight
           under initial     supplies. Two months later, Mother Nature has         and expensive US maize and shrinking supplies of
                             provided an even bigger surprise – probably the       ‘Black Sea’ (former Soviet country) feedwheat.
 forecasts – and as          worst US combination of drought and heatwaves         India’s oilseed crops might also be affected, raising
                             since the 1950s – possibly even since the ‘dust       its draw on global oilseed supplies and possibly
   much as 30/40m            bowl’ days of the 1930s. Crop estimates are           reducing its oilmeal exports in a year when these
                             sliding weekly. Maize production may turn out         too will be sorely needed.
  under last year’s,         the smallest since 2006/7’s 267.5m tonnes, more          Down under, parts of Australia have also had
                             than 100m under the USDA’s original 376m tonne        some worrying dry spells. So has Argentina. Both
     this market can         target – perhaps even smaller. Soyabeans could        have reduced wheat plantings this year, suggesting
                             shrink to a four year low of 76/78m tonnes            these key exporters will not make up for northern
   at least draw on          compared with early hopes of 87m.                     hemisphere crop shortfalls. .
                                If that were not enough to contend with, Russia,      This combination has predictably seen prices
abundant carryover           Kazakhstan, Ukraine and the southeast quarter         soar as much as 40% to 50% across the grain
                             of Europe are suffering their own droughts and        and feed markets, with more than a little help
 stocks from recent          heat pressures, slashing further millions of tonnes   from enthusiastic ‘investors’, eager to reprise
                             off wheat and possibly coarse grain and oilseed       the bull market of 2008/09 (when all the major
 past, well-supplied         harvests too.                                         commodities in this sector set record high prices).
                                Adding insult to injury, parts of north-west          Adding fuel to the fire, US and global consumption
                    years.   Europe have seen record breaking rains, both          is not reacting quickly enough to the rise in costs –
                             in duration and volume which, along with some         with maize and soyabeans already trading at their
                             cold temperatures, have put crops back and            highest ever (details below).
                             threatened quality in the two largest supplying          Yet, if the worst-case yield scenarios materialise
                             countries – France and Germany as well as the         in the USA for maize and soya, there is no doubt
                             UK. Hopefully a break in that weather as we go        demand will have to be cut radically to prevent
                             to press will alleviate this
                             situation at least, rescuing
                             the bulk of milling wheat
                             crops from downgrades
                             to feed – though for the
                             next few weeks, these
                             still hang in the balance.
                             European rapeseed and
                             sunflower crops could also
                             be affected.
                                India, which a month
                             ago seemed poised to
                             enter the world market as
                             one of the largest wheat
                             exporters, has meanwhile
                             been short-changed with its
                             vital monsoon rains and the
                             government there may be




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health like solvents, can it be done outside?         people. For example, if tractors, farm vehicles
                                                             Alternatively, check the area in question has         and other workplace vehicles fall into the

                                                                                                  COMMODITIES
                                                             adequate ventilation before starting and in
                                                             case of the worst case scenario happening,
                                                             make sure you have proper emergency
                                                                                                                   wrong hands, the repercussions can be lethal.
                                                                                                                   Obviously, these vehicles should be properly
                                                                                                                   maintained and suitable training given to all
                                                             arrangements in place and provide rescue              operators.
                                                             equipment.                                               Remember, in agriculture the most com-
                                                                                                                   mon cause of serious and fatal injuries
                                                               Getting caught out >                                involves moving and overturning vehicles.
                                                                   But it is often the apparently mundane          Proper guarding is absolutely vital, for exam-
                                                               and routine things that catch people out.           ple, to prevent the terrible accidents that
                                                               That is why it is so important to constantly        can occur with PTO shafts. Incidents occur
                                                               check that work areas are free from obstruc-        when the vehicle has been left unattended;
                                                               tions such as trailing cables and that buildings    always check the vehicle braking system and
                                                               are kept in good repair. And remember to            make sure it is properly maintained. It is also
                                                               think about visitors’ safety as well; once they     advisable to use the ‘safe stop’ procedure
                                                               have set foot on your premises their safety         whenever you leave a vehicle; handbrake
                                                               becomes your responsibility. Toilet and             on and controls in neutral, before turning
                                                               welfare facilities should also be provided and      the engine off and removing the key. Each
                                                               cleaned regularly as well as a clean drinking       vehicle and piece of machinery needs to be
                                                               water supply maintained. Microbiological            assessed against actual conditions of use so
                                                               hazards are critical too. It is not just the well   that safe systems of work can be put in place.
               supplies running out completely well before known zoonotic infections such as brucel-
                                                                  prices might have to
               the end of the season – a so-called ‘negative losis or ring from their the need to maintain
                                                                  increase worm, but                                Avoiding falls >
               carryover stock situation.’ In reality, stocks recent of the by
                                                               awareness$8 peaksthreat of infection from               Falls are the second highest cause
               will not be allowed to run out because prices animal wastes and other materials that can
                                                                  a fur ther 25% , i.e.                            of death in agriculture, but most fall
               will cut off demand well before that happens. harbour hazardous micro-organisms.
                                                                  toward the $10 /                                 injuries can be avoided. To stop your
                  So the big question being asked as we go to bushel level or higher.                              farm losing out on time and money as
               press is at what price will a satisfactory level Machineryindicated
                                                                      Wheat, as and vehicles >                     a result of fall injuries, ensure that all
               of ‘rationing’ of supplies occur? For soyabeans above, is the odd man out. While the world
                                                                   Farm machinery continues to increase            work at height is plannedat and close
                                                                                                                    consumption ratio for wheat          the super-
               there has been talk of prices having to rise in wheatpower and sophistication. Often it
                                                                   size, crop may be turning out 15/25m under       of the 2012/13 season that began July 1 is
                                                                                                                   vised, with competent people in charge.
               to from their recent near $18/bushel toward is initial forecasts highly as much as 30/40m
                                                                  complex and – and expensive. Its use             Falls often comparedfrom under 15% for
                                                                                                                    almost 27% happen with roofs, ladders,
               $20 or more – a prospect that already has needs tolast year’s, this market can at least draw
                                                                  under be restricted to trained, competent         maize (Sep/Oct season). Even so, once those
                                                                                                                   vehicles, bale stacks, among others, so it
               soya meal – and thus the rest of the oilmeal on abundant carryover stocks from recent                wheat stocks (about 197m tonnes) start to
               complex- trading at record high prices. Maize past, well-supplied years. In fact the stock/          get seriously diminished, it begs the question,




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recently traded on         and other finance houses are raising medium/
                                                                                the markets (again,        longer term forecasts for feed and food raw
                                                                                see below for details)     materials and bodies like the OECD and FAO
                                                                                – with demand still        are warning about these factors threatening
                                                                                to be rationed, with       rising future prices.
                                                                                funds and other               To some extent, this is all self-fuelling.
                                                                                ‘outside’ speculators      However, there is no gainsaying the sheer
                                                                                possibly only partly       uncertainty over current maize and soya crop
                                                                                aware of the gravity       outlooks, the tighter than expected wheat
                                                                                of t hese su pply          supply and the lack of adequate ‘rationing’ of
                                                                                shortfalls, the grain      consumption – mainly for soya and maize. It all
                                                                                and feed markets are       gives little cause for optimism on forward grain
                                                                                sailing in uncharted       and feed costs. This deficit will take time to
                                                                                waters. Prices reflect     sort out, probably another crop year at least,
                                                                                that, getting more         during which any further weather problems
                                                                                volatile in late July at   could find markets sensitive indeed.
                                                                                these high levels.
how will markets behave without that large
cushion if crops happen to under-perform
                                                       Big political decisions may have to be
                                                    made – like adjusting the US renewable fuel
                                                                                                           Main commodity highlights
again next year?                                    mandate to curb some of the 125m tonnes of             since our last review
   The prospect is not fanciful. Not only do        US maize that now gets sucked into the bio-
Australia and Argentina run the risk of dry         fuel sector annually. The government has for           Wheat - not running out yet
weather, farmers in the USA – the largest           the moment ruled this out but if the crop is              Two key factors have dominated wheat
single country producer and exporter of wheat       as small as many experts now think, expect             trade in the past two months – the rising
– are already starting to worry whether the         that decision to be revisited fairly soon. As          value of corn and the collapse of wheat crop
legacy of this devastating drought may linger       one of our US sources put it, “at the stroke of        prospects in the former Soviet Union. Each
into the autumn when next year’s winter             a pen, this could send corn prices tumbling.”          leg up for US maize futures is immediately
wheat crop is sown.                                 Feed and other ‘traditional’ consumers of              reflected in higher wheat prices in the US, in
   These three producers are, of course, all key    corn will rightly demand some action along             Europe and on global wheat export markets.
contributors to the quality end of the bread        these lines. Remember, as recently as 2005,               The extent of the downturn in former
wheat spectrum. On the plus side, Australia         the US only used 33m tonnes of corn for                Soviet country crops has clearly surprised
and Canada might expect better pre-harvest          ethanol, before Mid-eastern political strife           markets thinking back in June that this was
weather than the last two years, raising the        and Hurricane Katrina helped the US decide             no repeat of 2010 when droughts, heat and
quality component of their next crops.              to use this feedstock to cut dependence on             wildfires slashed the region’s output to just
   One unusual side phenomenon of this bull         foreign fossil fuel fuel supplies.                     81m from the previous year’s 114m tonnes.
                                                                                  In addition, recent      Since then, the total FSU crop forecast has
                                                                               press repor ts are          dropped from 98m to 88.6m tonnes but
                                                                               surprisingly confident      the latest figures coming out of Russia and
                                                                               that the lat ter            Kazakhstan especially now suggest the total
                                                                               objective – US fuel         could again end up closer to 82, even 81m
                                                                               independence might          tonnes. The region enters 2012/13 with about
                                                                               now be achievable           26m tonnes of carryover stocks – about the
                                                                               without constantly          same as in 2010/11 – so not much real change
                                                                               raising use of food         in that balance. In 2010/11, the main three CIS
                                                                               commodities for this        exporters shipped 13.8m tonnes, down from
                                                                               pur pose , ins tead         35.8m the year before. This season, USDA
                                                                               using shale gas and         expects them to export 23m - which now
                                                                               other reserves. One         looks rather optimistic - versus last season’s
market is the way that wheat – despite that         report this month reckoned these domestic              36.8m. It all sounds familiar. But how important
relatively looser stock/use ratio – has outpaced    sources could provide the US with at least             is this export drop to the wheat market?
gains in the much tighter maize market. Since       100 years of complete fuel self-sufficiency. Of        Firstly, world import needs are already seen
June 1, Chicago wheat futures’ first delivery       course, that will not happen overnight and it          13.6m tonnes lower – almost equal to the
month has been up by almost 55% at its              would seem unfair and impractical to call time         drop in CIS export availability – due to less
recent peak compared with gains for maize           on corn ethanol industry without warning.              demand from a whole range of countries
of 43% and soyabeans of 33% over the same           However, in the context of these emerging              led by the EU, China, Egypt, South Korea
period (though soya is 53% over its 2012 low        alternatives, the constant need to supply more         and Mexico. However, this lower demand
of $11.60/bu).                                      corn for global feed and food consumption,             figure might be optimistic too, based in part
   This is partly due to wheat having been          the need to control food price inflation etc,          on reduced feed use of wheat (minus 17m
sold short earlier by speculators looking at        one might be forgiven for wondering if corn            in total). Will that actually happen if maize
the large carryover stock and partly due to         ethanol is becoming an unaffordable luxury for         supplies run dangerously low? Expect to
ideas that wheat consumption will boom as a         which the writing may be on the wall.                  see wheat feed forecasts start to rise in the
replacement for maize and, to a lesser extent,         Speculators are meanwhile taking more               weeks and months ahead and imports with
soya.                                               interest in the grain and oilseed futures              them, reducing the bearish impact of the
   With final US (and other foreign) crop           markets as investments, an unwelcome                   shrinking world wheat trade factor. However,
losses still to be fully counted – maybe millions   development for the consumer, given their              even if world trade in wheat does increase,
of tonnes better or worse than the estimates        propensity to exaggerate price spikes. Banks           the current season’s supply from the main


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FEATURE

                                                  Extruded Bran Sticks – a by-product transformed into                         flours as well as wheat bran are
                                                                                         valuable food                         as a rule sold at low prices to
exporters looks adequate at this stage. The                                                                                    the feed manufacturing industry.
USA for one, the world’s leading exporter,                                                                                     The extruder enables also such
can sell the world a fair amount more than                                                                                     ‘by-products’ to be upgraded
the 32.5m forecast by USDA (plus 4.4m                                                                                          into high-grade foods. Both
tonnes) without drawing down its still large                                                                                   by-products can be processed
carryover stocks to risky low levels. We can                                                                                   into breakfast cereals, but are
also expect Canada, Europe and Australia                                                                                       also used in a modified form
(which still has large stocks) to maximise                                                                                     as ingredients in other foods.
export opportunities. Even the CIS countries                                                                                   Bran flakes are highly popular
may yet surprise the markets with a more                                                                                       today. Extruded wheat bran,
exports than the trade expects (somewhere                                                                                      for instance, can fetch double
around the 18/20m mark?). Remember that in                                                                                     the price of wheat bran in its
2010/11 – the Ukraine and Russia responded                                                                                     native form. The opportunities
to the shock of crop losses with what many                                                                                     that wheat bran presents as a
saw as an excessively cautious export policy. concerns, Russian exporters have continued                                       high-grade food are significant.
                                                                                                                 How far will wheat consumption in feeds rise as
Carrying into 2011/12’s year of crop recovery to make the running on recent world import users look for alternatives dietary and expensive of
                                                                                                                               The high to tight fiber content
(and accumulating some stocks too), this did deals, making the cheapest offers. Indeed in US maize?                            wheat bran gives the product an
little for the region’s reputation as a reliable early August, the US, EU and Canada have                                      ‘aura of health’.
                                                                                                                 Will a disappointing Indian monsoon curb its
supplier. Remember too that the CIS region, hardly got started on their 2012/13 sales (the new export programme – those making all the
                                                                                                                                    The basis for supplies are
especially Russia, has big future plans to US is even running behind targets).                                                 products mentioned above is
                                                                                                              needed to fill in for shortfalls from ‘Black Sea’
expand its grain trade, especially into Far                Still, that hasn’t stopped Chicago wheat wheat producers. flour. This is what the extru-
                                                                                                                               grain
East Asia where export port infrastructure futures rising to four year and European                                            sion process has in common
                                                                                                                 Will dry weather worries recede in Australia
is being built up at considerable cost. Provided milling wheat to 17-month highs – prices and Argentinawith conventional bakery proc-
                                                                                                                                 – and will Australia’s quality
domestic cereal/bread prices can be kept that could yet look cheap in a few month’s improve after esses. The difference howevertwo years of weather-damaged
under reasonable control – and their crops time if corn strength continues to fee this crops?                                  lies in the dough texture. The
don’t fall too much further - CIS governments bull market.                                                                     dough framework of conven-
                                                                                                                 How high will maize prices go? However, well
might yet take a bolder approach to export                                                                    supplied, wheattional ignore this trend. based on
                                                                                                                                 can’t bakery goods is
                                                                                                                               proteins such as gluten and pen-
opportunities than markets are assuming,
                                                      KEY FACTORS IN THE MONTHS                                                tosans. The texture of extruded
with a view to future trade, especially toward
the latter end of this season if their 2013           AHEAD                     Maize could lose 100m tonnes                   products is based on starch. The
                                                                                                                 Nobody two months ago could ahave
                                                                                                                               raw material must have starch
  Latest 2012/13 balance = USDA
                                                                                      Are all the                              content of at least five to ten
                                                                                                              expected to the US maize crop to sink as
                                                                                                              low as some of the recent estimatesensure a
                                                                                                                               percent in order to under
  Main producers (000 tonnes)                                                         ‘Black Sea’             serious consideration. Demandtexture. The
                                                                                                                               stable end product will have
                              2010/11          2011/12             2012/13
                                                                                      wheat crop              to be rationed by price andmay be low,as
                                                                                                                               protein content pressure, that
                                                                                                                               is, below ten percent. Flours with
                                                                                                              mentioned above, is growing to take some
                 China         115.2             117.9                118
                                                                                      losses yet                               such protein contents are typi-
                                                                                                              of the strain off traditional users by reducing
                                                                                                                 cally unsuitable for baking. As the flour price
      On the other hand, dough rising can also be a capacity of two metric tons per hour – are demand from the relatively newer corn
                    EU         135.7             137.4                133             counted?                   is – among other factors – also influenced by
      controlled through specific chemical or physical twice as high in the traditional process as in ethanol sector.
      agents. Fluctuations in 81.1 raw material quality the extrusion process. In addition, the extruder Crops in Ukr aine and Russia flours are
                   FSU           the             114.4         88.6 ..or 81/82?          It has just adequate    the protein content, low-protein ( joint
      are easier to balance in the extrusion 29.5
              Australia         27.9
                                                  process. offers the flexibility required to produce related outputexpensive than high-protein ones. The
                                                                     26.0             supply but will the        less about 32m tonnes) are also under
      In addition, it is possible to accurately adjust the products such as baking peas and croutons or stress from thereforeand heatalso inexpensive
                                                                                      EU have adequate           extruder drought allows and could go
      texture, Canada and particle size.
                colour,         23.2              25.3               26.6             given processing line      flours to be processed.
                                                            even bread chips on a quality – weather by lower, further crimping supplies for export.
          Moreover, extrusion is a highly energy-effi- selecting an appropriate configuration.
            Argentina           16.1              14.5                 12             key this month          On the plus side, Europe itself has a good
      cient process. The much lower water 694.7
     WORLD TOTAL               651.1             contents 665.3 or 657/658?                                      M on InforMatIon:
                                                                                         A big US crop crop ore the way of an estimated 65.5m
      in the product formula in comparison to tra- Extrusion increases value of hard tonnes versus last year’s 64.6m and less
                                                                                      with plenty
    World end stocks           197.2             197.1      182.4 or 176/177?                                    Christopher Rubin, Bühler AG
      ditional production, in conjunction with short generation                       red winters and thanTel: +41in 2010. That should take some
                                                                                                                     56m 71 9551111
      retention times, ensures low energy costs,                 Even very dark flours (low-grade flours) of the pressure9553851
                                                                                      improved hard spring         Fax: +41 71 of domestic feed users but
      especially during subsequent drying. The energy and wheat bran are suitable as raw materials
crops show more promise. It’s interesting wheat prospects may help contain breadwheat prides will still rise in sympathy with the
                                                                                                                   Email: christopher.rubin@buhlergroup.com
to note that, evenof finished product – based onprices globally.
      costs per ton amid all their current crop             for processing by the extruder. Low-grade US/global market.
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How         will          to sow and grow it. However, that relief will
    Maize exports – main suppliers                                           speculators                   not be coming to the markets until the spring
                                                                             respond if the                of 2013. In the meantime, we can expect
                           2010/11           2011/12        2012/13          US /global maize              soya meal prices to remain frisky, especially if
                                                                             and soya and                  there is any hint of a Latin American weather
                                                                             world wheat                   problem. Fortunately, back-to-back drought
                 USA               45.3              48            40/30/20? c r o p s co n t i n u e      years in the region tend to be rare.
            Argentina              15.2             14.5                15.5 to shrink? Believe               Soya costs will also be determined by
                Brazil             11.6              11                 12.5 i t or not , their            demand from the top buyer China and
                                                                             reaction so far has           other leading importers of beans and meal.
              Ukraine                 5              14                   14
                                                                             been descr ibed               With soya meal hitting record high prices,
              Others               14.8              9.5                15.5 as ‘restrained’ by            global demand may be curtailed below the
                                                                             many pundits. But             181m tonnes forecast by USDA (+5m for
 KEY FACTORS IN THE MONTHS                             they won’t stand by as onlookers if the
                                                       prospect of another 20% or 30% on prices
                                                                                                           the second year running after leaps of 9m in
                                                                                                           both 2009/10 and 2010/11). China – 28% of
 AHEAD                                                 looks viable.                                       world consumption - has been slow to cut its
                                                                                                           demand but recent signs suggest it may be on
    How low will the US maize crop go – 300m,
 270m, even lower? This factor will probably over-
                                                        Oilmeals – supply curbed by                        the turn lower. Second largest market Europe
                                                                                                           is expected to consume about 30m for the
 ride all else and influence markets right through to   falling crush growth                               second year in a row. Some Asian and other
 the following harvest in 3rd quarter 2013, probably                                                       buyers may cut back, however.
 preventing major price reversals                          Weather in August will determine whether           In terms of total oilmeals, there are no
                                                                                       the coming US       obvious replacements for the soya shortfall
                                                                                       soya crop is 80m    with most oilseeds producing similar crops to
                                                                                       or 75m tonnes       last year. On the other hand, growth of world
                                                                                       and will thereby    demand for protein meals in total slowed over
                                                                                       decide whether      the past season to 3.8% from the previous year’s
                                                                                       consumers end       5.1% and the coming season is expected to see
                                                                                       up paying $15/16    growth of just 2.3%. Depending on how supply
                                                                                       or $ 20 -plus       and price pan out, growth could be lower still,
                                                                                       per bushel for      providing some restraint in this bullish market.
                                                                                       supplies. If the
                                                                                       crop does fall to
                                                                                       the lower end of
                                                                                                           KEY FACTORS IN THE MONTHS
                                                                                       the scale, prices   AHEAD
                                                                                       will be firmer
     The contribution to world corn supplies from       across the entire oil meal complex.                How low will the US soya crop go?
 Latin America, Europe, the former Soviet countries        On USDA’s assumption of an 83m tonne                 At what price will demand be rationed? It’s
 and India                                              crop, world soya meal production in 2012/13        not happening at $17/bu!
     Will the US government trim the renewable          (starting this October) will reach 183.5m               Chinese consumption and timing of imports
 fuel mandate/corn ethanol use – probably if the        tonnes against last year’s 177m. Even that will    remain and important influence on soya and
 crop estimate contracts much further and pipeline      entail drawing down quite a lot of carryover       other oilmeal costs
 stock requirements demand it.                          stocks from last year’s crops. Clearly the US           What size this year’s EU/CIS rapeseed and
     Almost forgotten amid the US crop disaster,        situation could push the figure well below         sunflowerseed crops? Probably not enough
 still potential for China to continue much larger      180m.                                              to much sway the bull trend in the dominant
 than normal maize imports.                                The best hope for some price restraint is       soya sector.
     Will global economic recession curb meat/          that South American soyabean producers,                 How much will Latin American soya producers
 consumption in some developing countries, cap          who plant from October onwards, will sow           plant this autumn? They could help put the brakes
 feed grain demand and help anchor rising grain         a far larger crop. The price incentive is there,   on escalating soya/oilmeal costs but it’s a long wait
 and oilseed costs?                                     they have the land. All they need is the weather   till they harvest in Q1 & Q2 2013!




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Global Feed Markets: July - August 2012

  • 1. Digital Re-print - July | August 2012 Global Feed Markets: July - August 2012 Grain & Feed Milling Technology is published six times a year by Perendale Publishers Ltd of the United Kingdom. All data is published in good faith, based on information received, and while every care is taken to prevent inaccuracies, the publishers accept no liability for any errors or omissions or for the consequences of action taken on the basis of information published. ©Copyright 2010 Perendale Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without prior permission of the copyright owner. Printed by Perendale Publishers Ltd. ISSN: 1466-3872 www.gfmt.co.uk
  • 2. GLOBAL GRAIN & FEED MARKETS Every issue GFMT’s market analyst John Buckley reviews world trading conditions which are impacting the full range of commodities used in food and feed production. His observations will influence your decision-making. US crop disaster is a game-changer While the world T WO months ago the USDA shocked thinking twice about the scope of its sales campaign wheat crop may be markets with a massive US maize crop amid its ongoing preoccupation with domestic forecast that promised to cap costs food price inflation. That would be a pity for feed- turning out 15/25m across the feed sector and take upward grain consumers in Asia who have been viewing price pressure off relatively adequate wheat India as an alternative source of supplies to tight under initial supplies. Two months later, Mother Nature has and expensive US maize and shrinking supplies of provided an even bigger surprise – probably the ‘Black Sea’ (former Soviet country) feedwheat. forecasts – and as worst US combination of drought and heatwaves India’s oilseed crops might also be affected, raising since the 1950s – possibly even since the ‘dust its draw on global oilseed supplies and possibly much as 30/40m bowl’ days of the 1930s. Crop estimates are reducing its oilmeal exports in a year when these sliding weekly. Maize production may turn out too will be sorely needed. under last year’s, the smallest since 2006/7’s 267.5m tonnes, more Down under, parts of Australia have also had than 100m under the USDA’s original 376m tonne some worrying dry spells. So has Argentina. Both this market can target – perhaps even smaller. Soyabeans could have reduced wheat plantings this year, suggesting shrink to a four year low of 76/78m tonnes these key exporters will not make up for northern at least draw on compared with early hopes of 87m. hemisphere crop shortfalls. . If that were not enough to contend with, Russia, This combination has predictably seen prices abundant carryover Kazakhstan, Ukraine and the southeast quarter soar as much as 40% to 50% across the grain of Europe are suffering their own droughts and and feed markets, with more than a little help stocks from recent heat pressures, slashing further millions of tonnes from enthusiastic ‘investors’, eager to reprise off wheat and possibly coarse grain and oilseed the bull market of 2008/09 (when all the major past, well-supplied harvests too. commodities in this sector set record high prices). Adding insult to injury, parts of north-west Adding fuel to the fire, US and global consumption years. Europe have seen record breaking rains, both is not reacting quickly enough to the rise in costs – in duration and volume which, along with some with maize and soyabeans already trading at their cold temperatures, have put crops back and highest ever (details below). threatened quality in the two largest supplying Yet, if the worst-case yield scenarios materialise countries – France and Germany as well as the in the USA for maize and soya, there is no doubt UK. Hopefully a break in that weather as we go demand will have to be cut radically to prevent to press will alleviate this situation at least, rescuing the bulk of milling wheat crops from downgrades to feed – though for the next few weeks, these still hang in the balance. European rapeseed and sunflower crops could also be affected. India, which a month ago seemed poised to enter the world market as one of the largest wheat exporters, has meanwhile been short-changed with its vital monsoon rains and the government there may be 32 | July - august 2012 Grain &feed millinG technoloGy
  • 3. health like solvents, can it be done outside? people. For example, if tractors, farm vehicles Alternatively, check the area in question has and other workplace vehicles fall into the COMMODITIES adequate ventilation before starting and in case of the worst case scenario happening, make sure you have proper emergency wrong hands, the repercussions can be lethal. Obviously, these vehicles should be properly maintained and suitable training given to all arrangements in place and provide rescue operators. equipment. Remember, in agriculture the most com- mon cause of serious and fatal injuries Getting caught out > involves moving and overturning vehicles. But it is often the apparently mundane Proper guarding is absolutely vital, for exam- and routine things that catch people out. ple, to prevent the terrible accidents that That is why it is so important to constantly can occur with PTO shafts. Incidents occur check that work areas are free from obstruc- when the vehicle has been left unattended; tions such as trailing cables and that buildings always check the vehicle braking system and are kept in good repair. And remember to make sure it is properly maintained. It is also think about visitors’ safety as well; once they advisable to use the ‘safe stop’ procedure have set foot on your premises their safety whenever you leave a vehicle; handbrake becomes your responsibility. Toilet and on and controls in neutral, before turning welfare facilities should also be provided and the engine off and removing the key. Each cleaned regularly as well as a clean drinking vehicle and piece of machinery needs to be water supply maintained. Microbiological assessed against actual conditions of use so hazards are critical too. It is not just the well that safe systems of work can be put in place. supplies running out completely well before known zoonotic infections such as brucel- prices might have to the end of the season – a so-called ‘negative losis or ring from their the need to maintain increase worm, but Avoiding falls > carryover stock situation.’ In reality, stocks recent of the by awareness$8 peaksthreat of infection from Falls are the second highest cause will not be allowed to run out because prices animal wastes and other materials that can a fur ther 25% , i.e. of death in agriculture, but most fall will cut off demand well before that happens. harbour hazardous micro-organisms. toward the $10 / injuries can be avoided. To stop your So the big question being asked as we go to bushel level or higher. farm losing out on time and money as press is at what price will a satisfactory level Machineryindicated Wheat, as and vehicles > a result of fall injuries, ensure that all of ‘rationing’ of supplies occur? For soyabeans above, is the odd man out. While the world Farm machinery continues to increase work at height is plannedat and close consumption ratio for wheat the super- there has been talk of prices having to rise in wheatpower and sophistication. Often it size, crop may be turning out 15/25m under of the 2012/13 season that began July 1 is vised, with competent people in charge. to from their recent near $18/bushel toward is initial forecasts highly as much as 30/40m complex and – and expensive. Its use Falls often comparedfrom under 15% for almost 27% happen with roofs, ladders, $20 or more – a prospect that already has needs tolast year’s, this market can at least draw under be restricted to trained, competent maize (Sep/Oct season). Even so, once those vehicles, bale stacks, among others, so it soya meal – and thus the rest of the oilmeal on abundant carryover stocks from recent wheat stocks (about 197m tonnes) start to complex- trading at record high prices. Maize past, well-supplied years. In fact the stock/ get seriously diminished, it begs the question, Ingenious Overpressure Breather Valve System Protection for Oil & Gas for low Pressure Applications KUB® ELEVENT® and the largest gathering of milling bursting disc The premier event industry professionals in the Middle East and Africa Region that you should not miss! www.rembe.de ✔ Optimized sealing – 8 December 2012! Mark your Calendar, 5 All rights reserved - © REMBE - KUBELV-4C-E ✔ Unparalleled cycling capability ✔ Modular assembly ✔ 98% operating ratio ✔ Torque independent ✔ Maximized corrosion resistance ✔ Leak tight metal to metal sealing ✔ Low operational cost REGISTER BEFORE 3RD NOVEMBER 2012! ✸✸✸ WE DO IT BETTERR✸✸✸ and to register, please visit… For more information www.iaom-mea.com REMBE® GMBH · SAFETY + CONTROL · Gallbergweg 21 · 59929 Brilon/Germany T + 49 (0) 29 61 - 74 05 - 0 · F + 49 (0) 29 61 - 5 07 14 · www.rembe.de · sales@rembe.de Grain&feed millinG technoloGy July - august 2012 | 33 Grain &feed millinG technoloGy AD_IAOM.indd 1 09/08/2012 08:48 July - august 2012 | 19
  • 4. recently traded on and other finance houses are raising medium/ the markets (again, longer term forecasts for feed and food raw see below for details) materials and bodies like the OECD and FAO – with demand still are warning about these factors threatening to be rationed, with rising future prices. funds and other To some extent, this is all self-fuelling. ‘outside’ speculators However, there is no gainsaying the sheer possibly only partly uncertainty over current maize and soya crop aware of the gravity outlooks, the tighter than expected wheat of t hese su pply supply and the lack of adequate ‘rationing’ of shortfalls, the grain consumption – mainly for soya and maize. It all and feed markets are gives little cause for optimism on forward grain sailing in uncharted and feed costs. This deficit will take time to waters. Prices reflect sort out, probably another crop year at least, that, getting more during which any further weather problems volatile in late July at could find markets sensitive indeed. these high levels. how will markets behave without that large cushion if crops happen to under-perform Big political decisions may have to be made – like adjusting the US renewable fuel Main commodity highlights again next year? mandate to curb some of the 125m tonnes of since our last review The prospect is not fanciful. Not only do US maize that now gets sucked into the bio- Australia and Argentina run the risk of dry fuel sector annually. The government has for Wheat - not running out yet weather, farmers in the USA – the largest the moment ruled this out but if the crop is Two key factors have dominated wheat single country producer and exporter of wheat as small as many experts now think, expect trade in the past two months – the rising – are already starting to worry whether the that decision to be revisited fairly soon. As value of corn and the collapse of wheat crop legacy of this devastating drought may linger one of our US sources put it, “at the stroke of prospects in the former Soviet Union. Each into the autumn when next year’s winter a pen, this could send corn prices tumbling.” leg up for US maize futures is immediately wheat crop is sown. Feed and other ‘traditional’ consumers of reflected in higher wheat prices in the US, in These three producers are, of course, all key corn will rightly demand some action along Europe and on global wheat export markets. contributors to the quality end of the bread these lines. Remember, as recently as 2005, The extent of the downturn in former wheat spectrum. On the plus side, Australia the US only used 33m tonnes of corn for Soviet country crops has clearly surprised and Canada might expect better pre-harvest ethanol, before Mid-eastern political strife markets thinking back in June that this was weather than the last two years, raising the and Hurricane Katrina helped the US decide no repeat of 2010 when droughts, heat and quality component of their next crops. to use this feedstock to cut dependence on wildfires slashed the region’s output to just One unusual side phenomenon of this bull foreign fossil fuel fuel supplies. 81m from the previous year’s 114m tonnes. In addition, recent Since then, the total FSU crop forecast has press repor ts are dropped from 98m to 88.6m tonnes but surprisingly confident the latest figures coming out of Russia and that the lat ter Kazakhstan especially now suggest the total objective – US fuel could again end up closer to 82, even 81m independence might tonnes. The region enters 2012/13 with about now be achievable 26m tonnes of carryover stocks – about the without constantly same as in 2010/11 – so not much real change raising use of food in that balance. In 2010/11, the main three CIS commodities for this exporters shipped 13.8m tonnes, down from pur pose , ins tead 35.8m the year before. This season, USDA using shale gas and expects them to export 23m - which now other reserves. One looks rather optimistic - versus last season’s market is the way that wheat – despite that report this month reckoned these domestic 36.8m. It all sounds familiar. But how important relatively looser stock/use ratio – has outpaced sources could provide the US with at least is this export drop to the wheat market? gains in the much tighter maize market. Since 100 years of complete fuel self-sufficiency. Of Firstly, world import needs are already seen June 1, Chicago wheat futures’ first delivery course, that will not happen overnight and it 13.6m tonnes lower – almost equal to the month has been up by almost 55% at its would seem unfair and impractical to call time drop in CIS export availability – due to less recent peak compared with gains for maize on corn ethanol industry without warning. demand from a whole range of countries of 43% and soyabeans of 33% over the same However, in the context of these emerging led by the EU, China, Egypt, South Korea period (though soya is 53% over its 2012 low alternatives, the constant need to supply more and Mexico. However, this lower demand of $11.60/bu). corn for global feed and food consumption, figure might be optimistic too, based in part This is partly due to wheat having been the need to control food price inflation etc, on reduced feed use of wheat (minus 17m sold short earlier by speculators looking at one might be forgiven for wondering if corn in total). Will that actually happen if maize the large carryover stock and partly due to ethanol is becoming an unaffordable luxury for supplies run dangerously low? Expect to ideas that wheat consumption will boom as a which the writing may be on the wall. see wheat feed forecasts start to rise in the replacement for maize and, to a lesser extent, Speculators are meanwhile taking more weeks and months ahead and imports with soya. interest in the grain and oilseed futures them, reducing the bearish impact of the With final US (and other foreign) crop markets as investments, an unwelcome shrinking world wheat trade factor. However, losses still to be fully counted – maybe millions development for the consumer, given their even if world trade in wheat does increase, of tonnes better or worse than the estimates propensity to exaggerate price spikes. Banks the current season’s supply from the main 34 | July - august 2012 Grain &feed millinG technoloGy
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  • 6. FEATURE Extruded Bran Sticks – a by-product transformed into flours as well as wheat bran are valuable food as a rule sold at low prices to exporters looks adequate at this stage. The the feed manufacturing industry. USA for one, the world’s leading exporter, The extruder enables also such can sell the world a fair amount more than ‘by-products’ to be upgraded the 32.5m forecast by USDA (plus 4.4m into high-grade foods. Both tonnes) without drawing down its still large by-products can be processed carryover stocks to risky low levels. We can into breakfast cereals, but are also expect Canada, Europe and Australia also used in a modified form (which still has large stocks) to maximise as ingredients in other foods. export opportunities. Even the CIS countries Bran flakes are highly popular may yet surprise the markets with a more today. Extruded wheat bran, exports than the trade expects (somewhere for instance, can fetch double around the 18/20m mark?). Remember that in the price of wheat bran in its 2010/11 – the Ukraine and Russia responded native form. The opportunities to the shock of crop losses with what many that wheat bran presents as a saw as an excessively cautious export policy. concerns, Russian exporters have continued high-grade food are significant. How far will wheat consumption in feeds rise as Carrying into 2011/12’s year of crop recovery to make the running on recent world import users look for alternatives dietary and expensive of The high to tight fiber content (and accumulating some stocks too), this did deals, making the cheapest offers. Indeed in US maize? wheat bran gives the product an little for the region’s reputation as a reliable early August, the US, EU and Canada have ‘aura of health’. Will a disappointing Indian monsoon curb its supplier. Remember too that the CIS region, hardly got started on their 2012/13 sales (the new export programme – those making all the The basis for supplies are especially Russia, has big future plans to US is even running behind targets). products mentioned above is needed to fill in for shortfalls from ‘Black Sea’ expand its grain trade, especially into Far Still, that hasn’t stopped Chicago wheat wheat producers. flour. This is what the extru- grain East Asia where export port infrastructure futures rising to four year and European sion process has in common Will dry weather worries recede in Australia is being built up at considerable cost. Provided milling wheat to 17-month highs – prices and Argentinawith conventional bakery proc- – and will Australia’s quality domestic cereal/bread prices can be kept that could yet look cheap in a few month’s improve after esses. The difference howevertwo years of weather-damaged under reasonable control – and their crops time if corn strength continues to fee this crops? lies in the dough texture. The don’t fall too much further - CIS governments bull market. dough framework of conven- How high will maize prices go? However, well might yet take a bolder approach to export supplied, wheattional ignore this trend. based on can’t bakery goods is proteins such as gluten and pen- opportunities than markets are assuming, KEY FACTORS IN THE MONTHS tosans. The texture of extruded with a view to future trade, especially toward the latter end of this season if their 2013 AHEAD Maize could lose 100m tonnes products is based on starch. The Nobody two months ago could ahave raw material must have starch Latest 2012/13 balance = USDA Are all the content of at least five to ten expected to the US maize crop to sink as low as some of the recent estimatesensure a percent in order to under Main producers (000 tonnes) ‘Black Sea’ serious consideration. Demandtexture. The stable end product will have 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 wheat crop to be rationed by price andmay be low,as protein content pressure, that is, below ten percent. Flours with mentioned above, is growing to take some China 115.2 117.9 118 losses yet such protein contents are typi- of the strain off traditional users by reducing cally unsuitable for baking. As the flour price On the other hand, dough rising can also be a capacity of two metric tons per hour – are demand from the relatively newer corn EU 135.7 137.4 133 counted? is – among other factors – also influenced by controlled through specific chemical or physical twice as high in the traditional process as in ethanol sector. agents. Fluctuations in 81.1 raw material quality the extrusion process. In addition, the extruder Crops in Ukr aine and Russia flours are FSU the 114.4 88.6 ..or 81/82? It has just adequate the protein content, low-protein ( joint are easier to balance in the extrusion 29.5 Australia 27.9 process. offers the flexibility required to produce related outputexpensive than high-protein ones. The 26.0 supply but will the less about 32m tonnes) are also under In addition, it is possible to accurately adjust the products such as baking peas and croutons or stress from thereforeand heatalso inexpensive EU have adequate extruder drought allows and could go texture, Canada and particle size. colour, 23.2 25.3 26.6 given processing line flours to be processed. even bread chips on a quality – weather by lower, further crimping supplies for export. Moreover, extrusion is a highly energy-effi- selecting an appropriate configuration. Argentina 16.1 14.5 12 key this month On the plus side, Europe itself has a good cient process. The much lower water 694.7 WORLD TOTAL 651.1 contents 665.3 or 657/658? M on InforMatIon: A big US crop crop ore the way of an estimated 65.5m in the product formula in comparison to tra- Extrusion increases value of hard tonnes versus last year’s 64.6m and less with plenty World end stocks 197.2 197.1 182.4 or 176/177? Christopher Rubin, Bühler AG ditional production, in conjunction with short generation red winters and thanTel: +41in 2010. That should take some 56m 71 9551111 retention times, ensures low energy costs, Even very dark flours (low-grade flours) of the pressure9553851 improved hard spring Fax: +41 71 of domestic feed users but especially during subsequent drying. The energy and wheat bran are suitable as raw materials crops show more promise. It’s interesting wheat prospects may help contain breadwheat prides will still rise in sympathy with the Email: christopher.rubin@buhlergroup.com to note that, evenof finished product – based onprices globally. costs per ton amid all their current crop for processing by the extruder. Low-grade US/global market. Website: www.buhlergroup.com 36 | July - august 2012 Grain &feed millinG technoloGy | 17 & Grain feed millinG technoloGy July - august 2012
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  • 8. How will to sow and grow it. However, that relief will Maize exports – main suppliers speculators not be coming to the markets until the spring respond if the of 2013. In the meantime, we can expect 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 US /global maize soya meal prices to remain frisky, especially if and soya and there is any hint of a Latin American weather world wheat problem. Fortunately, back-to-back drought USA 45.3 48 40/30/20? c r o p s co n t i n u e years in the region tend to be rare. Argentina 15.2 14.5 15.5 to shrink? Believe Soya costs will also be determined by Brazil 11.6 11 12.5 i t or not , their demand from the top buyer China and reaction so far has other leading importers of beans and meal. Ukraine 5 14 14 been descr ibed With soya meal hitting record high prices, Others 14.8 9.5 15.5 as ‘restrained’ by global demand may be curtailed below the many pundits. But 181m tonnes forecast by USDA (+5m for KEY FACTORS IN THE MONTHS they won’t stand by as onlookers if the prospect of another 20% or 30% on prices the second year running after leaps of 9m in both 2009/10 and 2010/11). China – 28% of AHEAD looks viable. world consumption - has been slow to cut its demand but recent signs suggest it may be on How low will the US maize crop go – 300m, 270m, even lower? This factor will probably over- Oilmeals – supply curbed by the turn lower. Second largest market Europe is expected to consume about 30m for the ride all else and influence markets right through to falling crush growth second year in a row. Some Asian and other the following harvest in 3rd quarter 2013, probably buyers may cut back, however. preventing major price reversals Weather in August will determine whether In terms of total oilmeals, there are no the coming US obvious replacements for the soya shortfall soya crop is 80m with most oilseeds producing similar crops to or 75m tonnes last year. On the other hand, growth of world and will thereby demand for protein meals in total slowed over decide whether the past season to 3.8% from the previous year’s consumers end 5.1% and the coming season is expected to see up paying $15/16 growth of just 2.3%. Depending on how supply or $ 20 -plus and price pan out, growth could be lower still, per bushel for providing some restraint in this bullish market. supplies. If the crop does fall to the lower end of KEY FACTORS IN THE MONTHS the scale, prices AHEAD will be firmer The contribution to world corn supplies from across the entire oil meal complex. How low will the US soya crop go? Latin America, Europe, the former Soviet countries On USDA’s assumption of an 83m tonne At what price will demand be rationed? It’s and India crop, world soya meal production in 2012/13 not happening at $17/bu! Will the US government trim the renewable (starting this October) will reach 183.5m Chinese consumption and timing of imports fuel mandate/corn ethanol use – probably if the tonnes against last year’s 177m. Even that will remain and important influence on soya and crop estimate contracts much further and pipeline entail drawing down quite a lot of carryover other oilmeal costs stock requirements demand it. stocks from last year’s crops. Clearly the US What size this year’s EU/CIS rapeseed and Almost forgotten amid the US crop disaster, situation could push the figure well below sunflowerseed crops? Probably not enough still potential for China to continue much larger 180m. to much sway the bull trend in the dominant than normal maize imports. The best hope for some price restraint is soya sector. Will global economic recession curb meat/ that South American soyabean producers, How much will Latin American soya producers consumption in some developing countries, cap who plant from October onwards, will sow plant this autumn? They could help put the brakes feed grain demand and help anchor rising grain a far larger crop. The price incentive is there, on escalating soya/oilmeal costs but it’s a long wait and oilseed costs? they have the land. All they need is the weather till they harvest in Q1 & Q2 2013! 3 good reasons for developing the Siberian market: ü Novosibirsk, Altai and Omsk have the largest arable lands in Russia ü Livestock breeding makes up over a quarter of the total volume of Russia ü A quarter of Russian milk production comes from Siberia AgroExpoSiberia 2012: October 30 – November 2, Novosibirsk/Siberia International Trade Fair for Agriculture and Animal Husbandry IFWexpo organises since 1992 trade fairs in Russia: www.ifw-expo.com 38 | July - august 2012 Grain &feed millinG technoloGy
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