Full Industry Risk Report

{
    "Sections": [
        {
            "Title": "Soybean Farming in the US"
        },
        {
            "PublishedDate": "2025-09-08T00:00:00"
        },
        {
            "RiskForecastYear": 2026
        },
        {
            "Definition": {
                "PlainText": "Farms in this industry grow soybeans as their main crop. Soybeans are most often used in livestock feeds and vegetable oils, with a small but growing proportion being used in biofuel production. Establishments that sell soybean seeds to US farmers for growing crops are also included.",
                "HTML": "<p>Farms in this industry grow soybeans as their main crop. Soybeans are most often used in livestock feeds and vegetable oils, with a small but growing proportion being used in biofuel production. Establishments that sell soybean seeds to US farmers for growing crops are also included.</p>"
            }
        },
        {
            "RiskScoreComponents": [
                {
                    "Component": "Structural risk",
                    "Level": "Medium - Low",
                    "Trend": null,
                    "Score": 4.34,
                    "Weight": 49.9266862170088,
                    "WeightedScore": null
                },
                {
                    "Component": "Sensitivity risk",
                    "Level": "High",
                    "Trend": null,
                    "Score": 6.36,
                    "Weight": 50,
                    "WeightedScore": null
                },
                {
                    "Component": "Growth risk",
                    "Level": "Low",
                    "Trend": null,
                    "Score": 3,
                    "Weight": 0.0733137829912024,
                    "WeightedScore": null
                },
                {
                    "Component": "Overall risk",
                    "Level": "Medium - High",
                    "Trend": null,
                    "Score": 5.35,
                    "Weight": null,
                    "WeightedScore": null
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "ScoreTrendAnalysis": {
                "PlainText": "Overall risk in the Soybean Farming industry is forecast to be MEDIUM-HIGH over 2026. The primary negative factors affecting this industry are a high revenue volatility and subsidies for soybean farming. Overall risk will be lower than the HIGH level of the previous year, a result of favorable movements in demand from organic chemical manufacturing as well as world price of soybeans. Additionally, growth risk is projected to fall.\n",
                "HTML": "<p>Overall risk in the Soybean Farming industry is forecast to be MEDIUM-HIGH over 2026. The primary negative factors affecting this industry are a high revenue volatility and subsidies for soybean farming. Overall risk will be lower than the HIGH level of the previous year, a result of favorable movements in demand from organic chemical manufacturing as well as world price of soybeans. Additionally, growth risk is projected to fall.</p>"
            }
        },
        {
            "ScoreContextAnalysis": {
                "PlainText": "In 2026, the average risk score for all US industries is expected to be in the MEDIUM band. Furthermore, the risk score for the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector, which includes this industry, is at a MEDIUM-HIGH level. Therefore, the level of risk in the Soybean Farming industry will be higher than that of the US economy and similar to the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector.\n",
                "HTML": "<p>In 2026, the average risk score for all US industries is expected to be in the MEDIUM band. Furthermore, the risk score for the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector, which includes this industry, is at a MEDIUM-HIGH level. Therefore, the level of risk in the Soybean Farming industry will be higher than that of the US economy and similar to the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting sector.</p>"
            }
        },
        {
            "StructuralRiskOverviewAnalysis": {
                "PlainText": "Structural risk will be MEDIUM-LOW over the outlook period. Operators are exposed to high revenue volatility. This requires prudent cash flow management and planning in times of uncertain demand. Businesses failing to account for these challenges risk sudden losses or diminished margins. A modest concern is the medium level of competition which exacerbates risk by pressuring prices and profits downward. Operators within the industry benefit from medium and steady barriers to entry buffering against long-run competition by hindering entry of new operators to the marketplace. This industry faces a medium and steady level of industry assistance. This mitigates some structural risk by providing support and lessening the risk of business failure.\n",