Unsustainable Bears At least seven factors in the modern era prevent agriculture from falling to the historic construct of a long-term bear market following a bullish period. The Global Economy versus Oil Prices and the U.S. Dollar The U.S. oil boom and an appreciating U.S. dollar are helping to put the squeeze on the global economy. Low Price Conditions: Yesterday versus Today Market conditions have changed such that grain and oilseed prices are unlikely to remain low for prolonged periods of time. Soybean Prices Headed South The past eight years saw record growth in global soybean demand, but the recent sharp decline in prices is the market's way of signaling farmers to slow or reduce plantings. Commodity Market Review Weather an...
What You Need to Know Today: Harvest pressure in the U.S. sent corn and soybeans lower as supplies increased and there were signs USDA’s upward revisions to yields in the October WASDE could be close to right. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated over the weekend, with Ukrai...
Developer's Note 24 August 2026: WPI recently completed an exercise that updated the codebase for this app and solved some of the discrepancies between our five-year average calculation and USDA's. There are a few lingering cases where early (late) starts (finishes) to the crop cycle resu...
Argentina Sunflower Sunflower remains one of the most attractive crops in Argentina, supported by strong demand and favorable prices that currently offer some of the best projected production margins among summer crops. Planted area is estimated at 3.0-3.1 Mha, with around 42 percent already se...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.