GOOD MORNING, Prices inched higher this morning with beans, corn, and wheat hitting new highs for the move up. Wheat is in the lead today. Good weather continues to be balanced off by the current pace of bean buying from China. Reports from the country still point to good crops and plenty of production, while political tensions flare between China and the US. The demand pull from China for beans has driven November beans back over the $9.00 mark, but they may have trouble sustaining that level in lieu of rising negative rhetoric. Still, the nearby bean basis continues to head higher as commercials await new supplies from harvest. Nearby bean spreads remain strong, with August /Nov hitting a 6...
What You Need to Know Today: The corn and soybean markets closed slightly higher in low-volume trade. The wheat market was mixed, with HRW continuing its downward trek on improved moisture. As expected, the bearish cattle on feed report drove down cattle prices and pulled hogs down with it. Mi...
Monday, 25 May is a U.S. holiday, and both the markets and our office will be closed. Please note that the next issue of Ag Perspectives will be published on Tuesday, 26 May. The WPI staff wishes everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend...
USDA’s monthly cattle on feed report was released today. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity amounted to 11.6 million head, 102 percent of last year. Source: USDA, WPI Placements were up, but part of that is attributable to persistent drought c...
From WPI Consulting
Communicating importance of value-added products
Facing increasing pressure to quantify the value of export promotion efforts to investors, a U.S. industry organization retained WPI to develop a quantitative model that better communicated the importance of exports. The resulting model concluded that value-added meat exports contributed $0.45 cents per bushel to the price of corn, increasing support for that sector’s financial support of WPI’s client. In addition to serving the red meat industry with this type of analysis, WPI has generated similar deliverables for the U.S. soybean and poultry/egg industries.