New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- The agriculture sector is likely to stabilise in 2026, although conditions will remain uneven. In the global soybean market, supply is expected to tighten in the 2025-26 season, with ending stocks forecast to edge lower year-on-year. Demand for soybeans is projected to reach record levels, even as global production declines compared with the previous year.

This is driven by record-high demand and a decline in global production, primarily due to a reduction in US soybean plantings amid escalating trade tensions between the US and China, noted ING's Commodities Outlook 2026.

"US soybean production is forecast to fall 2.8% YoY to a little under 116m tonnes. This is despite the planted area estimated to have fallen 7.1%...