Russia exported 681,827 MT of corn in December 2013. That is a record monthly volume for Russia at 15.7 percent more than November 2013 and triple the amount in December 2012. Russian Grain Markets: 13-17 January 2014 Market Trends Russian grain market prices were stable for all crops except corn, which increased significantly. GEOGRAPHICALLY: 3rd grade soft milling wheat prices moved in different directions and changed insignificantly. They increased in Black Soil and Central (+$ 0.50/MT) as well as Siberia (+$3/MT), decreased in the South (-$1/MT) and Volga Valley (-$1.50/MT) and remained stable in Ural.4th grade soft milling wheat prices increased in Central (+$2/MT) and Siberia (+$3/MT), decreased in Black Soil (-$0.50/MT), the Sou...
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...
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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...
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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.