Sept 26 (Reuters) – Downtime maintenance schedules for selected U.S. soybean
processing plants, according to processors, cash traders and brokers contacted
by Reuters.
* = Indicates downtime confirmed by the company.
+ = Indicates a plant may be closed or operating at reduced capacity due to
poor crushing margins or slow sales.
Soybean crushings provided by the National Oilseed Processors Association
(NOPA) based on member data. Not all plants listed are members of NOPA. States
listed may not exactly correlate with NOPA regions.
Best efforts are made to confirm with plant owners the downtime information
provided by market sources.
COMPANY LOCATION DOWNTIME NOPA CRUSHINGS (1,000 bu)
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NOPA region: Illinois
Aug ’13 July ’13 Aug ’12
13,134 13,419 18,047
Plants in Illinois
ADM Decatur, IL Sept 16-20
Galesburg n/a
Quincy n/a
Bunge Cairo March 21-31; two weeks in May
Cargill Bloomington n/a
Incobrasa Gilman March 18-22, two weeks in LH September
Solae Company Gibson City Three weeks in April
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NOPA region: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan
Aug ’13 July ’13 Aug ’12
19,643 23,331 26,789
Plants in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan
ADM Fostoria, OH Last week of May, a week in late June
Frankfort, IN May 13-20
Bunge Bellevue, OH May 8-26
Decatur, IN n/a
Delphos, OH n/a
Morristown, IN Down to one of two extractors as of April 1
Cargill *Lafayette, IN Mid-May to week of Aug 19
Sidney, OH April 19 to May 8
CGB *Mt. Vernon, IN Last half of May
Louis Dreyfus Claypool, IN April 15-19, two weeks in September
Zeeland Soya Zeeland, MI April 21-25
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NOPA Region: Southeast
Aug ’13 July ’13 Aug ’12
17,383 17,989 12,999
Plants in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland
ADM Kershaw, SC Five days in September
Valdosta, GA Two weeks in September
Bunge Decatur, AL Aug 2-16
Cargill Fayetteville, NC Ten days in September
Gainesville, GA n/a
Raleigh, NC Sept 28 to Oct 10
Carolina Soya Estill, SC n/a
Owensboro Grain Owensboro, KY n/a
Perdue Farms Salisbury, MD n/a
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NOPA region: Southwest
Aug ’13 July ’13 Aug ’12
20,554 21,993 24,574
Plants in Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana
ADM Fremont, NE 10 days in August
Lincoln, NE June 3-10
Deerfield, MO Seven days in September
Mexico, MO n/a
Clarksdale, MS n/a
Helena, AR n/a
Little Rock, AR n/a
AGP Hastings, NE n/a
St. Joseph, MO May 2-23
Bunge *Emporia, KS May 1 until first week of October
Destrehan, LA n/a
Cargill Kansas City, MO Sept 19-22
Wichita, KS Week of Sept 23
Grain Sts. Soya West Point, NE n/a
Riceland Stuttgart, AR n/a
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NOPA region: Iowa
Aug ’13 July ’13 Aug ’12
28,171 26,612 30,331
Plants in Iowa
ADM Des Moines n/a
AGP Eagle Grove July 8 to Sept 25
Emmetsburg May 2-9
Manning May 24-31
Mason City April 21 to May 2
Sergeant Bluff May 13-29
Sheldon n/a
Bunge Council Bluffs July 12-22
Cargill Cedar Rapids East: May 10-23
West: April 27 to May 4
Iowa Falls April 12-29
Sioux City n/a
Creston Creston n/a
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NOPA region: Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota
Aug ’13 July ’13 Aug ’12
11,617 12,993 12,033
Plants in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota
ADM Enderlin, ND n/a
Mankato, MN May 3-12
AGP Dawson, MN April 15-19
CHS Mankato, MN April 21-26
Fairmont, MN May 5-10
Minn. Soybean Brewster, MN April 26 to May 10
S.D. Soybean Volga, SD n/a
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TOTAL U.S.:
Aug ’13 July ’13 Aug ’12
110,502 116,338 124,773
Note: n/a = not available.
LINKS:
* CBOT soymeal futures prices
* NOPA monthly U.S. soy crush
* U.S. Census oil seed crush
(Reporting by Michael Hirtzer in Chicago)
