GOOD MORNING, Prices are higher across the board this morning as beans and soyoil place new contract highs for the week, continuing strong up-trends. Crude oil is firmer, which underpins the soyoil market, though Asian values are a bit lower this AM. Higher world vegoil markets in turn support beans. Slowing Argentine crush and tax/currency issues slow farmer selling for that country, lending support to beans. And in the big picture, there are ideas that new money is coming into the Ag space as ending stocks tighten and weather worries persist. Jan beans encounter another round of technical buying that takes prices towards the $12.00 target, while Dec soyoil is closing in on its upper target at 40c.&nb...
From WPI Consulting
Forecasting developments in production agriculture
On behalf of a private U.S. agricultural technology provider, WPI’s team generated an econometric model to forecast the movement of concentrated corn production north and west from the traditional U.S. Corn Belt. WPI’s model has subsequently provided quantitative support to a multi-million-dollar investment into short-season corn variety development. WPI’s methodology included a series of interviews with regional grain elevators and seed consultants. Emphasizing outreach and communication with stakeholders who possess intimate sectoral knowledge – on-the-ground insights – is a regular component of WPI’s methodologies, made possible by WPI’s ever-growing network of industry contacts.