-- The US Department of Agriculture on Friday reported that soybean crush for March rose above February and year-ago totals, but stocks dropped.
In its monthly Oilseed Crushings, Production, Consumption and Stocks Report, the USDA pegged soybeans crushed for crude oil at 6.82 million metric tons, or 227 mb, in March 2026, compared with 6.43 million mt, or 214 mb, in February 2026, and 6.20 million mt, or 207 mb, in March 2025.
The amount of crude oil produced from crushed soybeans was 2.64 billion pounds, up 6% from February 2026 and up 7% from March 2025.
Production of soybean oil, once refined, totaled 2 billion pounds in March 2026, up 14% from February 2026 and 7% from March 2025.
Iowa facilities crushed a total of 1.5 million mt, followed by facilities in the North and Eastern US, totaling 1.3 million mt.
Soybean-based crude oil stocks, as of March 31, 2026, totaled 2 billion pounds, slightly below 2.1 billion in February.
Corn oil crushed to produce crude oil totaled 139 million pounds in March, above 132.7 million pounds in February.