What it is
The protein-rich solid left when soybeans are crushed for their oil. It is the main protein in feed for poultry, pigs and farmed fish.
How it is usually quoted
US dollars per short ton.
This is the customary unit of the reference market. Other markets for the same commodity may use another unit or currency, and an exchange can change a contract’s terms: its own rulebook is the authority.
Where the reference contract trades
CME (Chicago Board of Trade); also the Dalian Commodity Exchange.
Named for orientation only. Naming an exchange or a market here does not mean that GIO4X gives access to it.
What commonly moves it
- The number of poultry and pigs to be fed
- Crushers’ profit margins
- Exports from Argentina, the leading shipper of meal
- Demand for soybean oil: more crushing for oil leaves more meal to sell
These are the things people who follow this market usually watch. They explain how the market works; they do not say what the price will do next.
Where it comes from
China, the United States, Brazil and Argentina crush the most soybeans.
The order of producers changes from year to year, so no quantities or shares are given here.
At GIO4X
Soybean meal is not offered as a GIO4X instrument. This page is general education about a market that exists elsewhere, and nothing on it means that GIO4X quotes, trades or gives access to it.
The commodities GIO4X does list are Brent crude, gold, natural gas, palladium, platinum, silver and WTI crude.
Words worth knowing
A reference page. Educational information, not investment advice or a recommendation to trade. It gives no price and no forecast.