MARKET REPORT 94 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE December 2025 Global Oilseed Supply and Demand Strengthen in the New Season The global oilseed market is showing strong signs of growth in production, crushing and consumption in the middle of the 2025/26 season. Strong supply dynamics are being maintained in the main product groups, particularly soybeans, rapeseed and sunflower seeds, while feed, oil and industrial demand are driving up global usage volumes. However, changes in China's import strategy, geopolitical risks in the Black Sea region and weather conditions in South America continue to create vulnerabilities in the market. By Derya Gulsoy Yildiz Global oilseed supply and demand points to strong production and consumption across all major product groups, particularly soybeans, rapeseed, sunflower seeds, palm kernel and cottonseed, as we enter the 2025/26 season. While demand growth driven by feed, oil and industrial uses continues to be noteworthy, trade-related shifts in some countries are creating sensitive points in the market. The 2024/25 season saw a generally stable production and trade structure in the global oilseed complex. However, new season projections shared by the United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA FAS) indicate that growth Photo: Freepik
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