Politics Turning a Pandemic Into a Man-Made Political Disaster With global novel coronavirus cases surpassing 5.6 million and total deaths rising to just over 350,000, three of the world’s most important agricultural producers continue to bumble their handling of the policy responses both politically and economically. The leaders of Brazil, China, and the United States, three countries essential to staving off a global food shortage and helping to revive the global economy through a reinvigorated approach to trade, are seemingly trying to reprise the Three Stooges, although this time the televised affair has hardly anyone laughing at the punchlines. In Brazil, where President Bolsonaro refers to the pandemic as a &ldquo...
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.
What You Need to Know Today: President Trump claimed the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran was over, as both sides accused one another of violating the terms of the agreement. Commercial vessels are increasingly steering clear of the Strait of Hormuz as security risks escalate following Iran...
Key Takeaways: The CME Group is launching new 90 percent Lean Beef and 50 percent Lean Beef futures and options contracts in July. There are five key factors that must be present in physical markets and futures contract specifications for futures contracts to become successful. The two l...
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...