Also in the soy beans, a good "buyer sentiment" came up in Chicago. The net positions in recent weeks on a total 73.259 net long positions, moving from the net short range. Soybean prices in Chicago and also the rates of rape in Paris rose accordingly. The causes are expected in particular to the strong demand from China and the worse rated seed stand in the United States. The stock to use ratio in fiscal year 2015/16 is 23% in all cases well above the recent average of 19.4%.