GOOD MORNING, Prices were on the defensive once again as the markets continued to leak lower as funds liquidate more length. Would note that outside markets are also lower, including stocks and crude, which weighs on ags and makes this appear to be a macro day of across -the-board selling. The inability of a market to hold a rally is not good if one is a bull. Prices continue to slide as the bullspreads in beans weaken. Weaker processor bids, lower crush, and a nice beginning planting pace help to send bean prices towards the lower end of trading ranges. Domestic bean basis bids continue to drop, while western Corn Belt basis is firming. Decent crop tour results in Kansas impacted wheat prices.&nbs...
What You Need to Know Today: Markets got a surprise with a corn yield of 181.2 bushels/acre in the October WASDE, above the average estimate of 177.6 bushels/acre and up from USDA’s September estimate of 178.5 bushels/acre. Although stronger demand is expected to absorb some of the addit...
Key Takeaways: On Friday afternoon, President Trump announced that Russia will “immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel” to the United States. The deal, typical of this administration, is light on details but promises an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 m...
The USDA has lowered its 2026 red meat production forecasts slightly while forecasting a slight increase in broiler production. Beef is now projected at 24.802 billion pounds, 75 million pounds less than in September. Cow slaughter is expected to be up; however, this will be offset by lower ste...
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.