Note: The Technical Perspectives launch period will be closing soon and your access to these reports will end TOMORROW, Tuesday, 17 September 2019. To continue accessing this information, please let us know by emailing Matt Herrington at mherrington@agrilink.com. GOOD MORNING, The markets are mixed with higher soyoil values triggered by the jump in crude oil prices after the attack on Saudi Arabia's oil processing facility over the weekend. The trade will be back to watching weather, crop progress numbers, and any signs of further fresh business. Charts last week got a positive boost, however, which could set us up for further highs this week. WEATHER As harvest proceeds across the Delta without a problem, weathe...
Illuminating the value of technical research
On behalf of a commodity producer organization, WPI evaluated the outputs from a project that featured a $5 million investment into technical research over multiple years. WPI’s team captured the results of this extensive effort and synthesized them for presentation to the organization’s governing board; among the findings uncovered and presented for the first time was the development of genomic traits proven, via rigorous testing, to provide crop yield advantages of 50 percent or more to U.S. farmers in times of drought. Capturing measurable results from long-term efforts can be challenging. Educating clients on the dynamics of success measurement when quantifiable results are not readily available requires deep client-consultant collaboration and an ability to consider both near- and long-term client aspirations with market/policy dynamics – attributes that WPI brings to every consulting engagement.