Russian Grain Markets: 27-31 December 2021 The last week of December on the Russian grain market was very calm. General trends were downward. Market players are not happy with decreasing prices on the world markets and the prospect of further growth of export duties. Export milling wheat average offer price remained at $332/MT FOB Black Sea. Average purchase price grew to RUB 16,450/MT CPT-port Black Sea. Feed barley average export price grew to $288/MT FOB Black Sea; average purchase price was stable at RUB 14,800/MT. Feed corn average price remained unchanged at $272/MT FOB Black Sea while average purchase price was also stable within RUB 13,000-14,500/MT CPT-port. GEOGRAPHICALLY 3rd grade soft milling wheat prices were st...
Russian Grain Markets: 29 June-3 July 2026 The new marketing season has officially begun in Russia, although bearish sentiment has been concentrated in the southern regions closest to the Black Sea ports, where export demand has been weakest. Delays in grain deliveries to inland elevators have...
What You Need to Know Today: The hot, dry weather forecast continues to drive strength in grain futures with corn and soybeans hitting another day of strong gains. Monday’s Crop Progress and Conditions data were in line with market expectations and showed relatively few concerns for the...
Key Takeaways: The Middle East and North Africa's arid climate and limited water resources have created a structural dependence on imported wheat. Government wheat tenders in major importing countries serve as important benchmarks for global trade, providing insight into exporter competitivene...
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.