GOOD MORNING, Prices are mostly firmer with wheat leading the way in terms of market strength, which has allowed corn to trade higher. Report day is on Friday at 11:00 central time. It is an important one, although the October report eventually has the near final word on yields and production as we head through harvest. Bull traders are looking for a bullish report to begin a new leg higher, while a bearish report will create a much- needed house-cleaning scenario. However, all good bull markets have hard breaks, and this bean market is more than due as overbought readings head into overdrive. Brazil begins its planting season, with CONAB forecasting record crops with total corn production for 19/...
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.