GOOD MORNING, Prices are firmer this morning led by soybeans. Technically speaking November beans put in reversal day of trade, posting an outside day with a good close, which sets the stage for further gains this morning. Meal prices are in line with bean gains, while soyoil lags a bit. Palm oil markets are closed for holiday, and crude has been either side of $40/barrel as the economy continues to struggle. Wheat prices remain firmer against corn. Today is first notice day for August futures, and the end of the month. Expect to see the appropriate amount of profit-taking. Tonight, we get the commitment-of-trader's report and it is expected to show funds adding to short corn positions, (ope...
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.