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The modest growth forecasts suggest the market won’t see explosive gains, but it is expected to remain stable and resilient. Price volatility, supply chain disruptions, and import restrictions could pose downside risks. On the upside, growing awareness of healthier cooking oils, shifts in dietary patterns, and policy support for domestic processing could offer new levers of growth.

Farmers in the U.S. were nearing completion of the soybean harvest and making solid progress with the corn crop, despite recent showers that delayed field work in the eastern half of the Corn Belt. A poll of 11 analysts found the soybean harvest at about 73% complete by Sunday, and the corn harvest at roughly 59% complete. The ranges were wide: 61%–82% for soybeans and 51%–66% for corn