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Climate Change and Farm Bill

During the farm bill reauthorization this year, farmers want to protect their support programs including crop insurance. By contrast, environmentalists want to see a stronger emphasis on conservation. American Farmland Trust is an organization focused on preserving farms, farmland and promoting environmentally sound practices. It has issued a report warning that climate change puts non-irrigated land at risk as increased periods of drought are expected. U.S. agriculture’s use of ground and surface water has been relatively stable. Arid areas of the west are steady users whereas most of the central and eastern part of the country grows rain-fed crops. The total area being farmed has declined and consequently so have water withdrawals...

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Market Commentary: Mixed Day but a Hot CoF Report After the Close

The fundamentals are unchanged but there is a cloud overhead due to the impending tariff war and the headwinds that portends. So, the market today and all week is a matter of treading water until more definitive cues emerge. In fact, today was so mixed that soybeans and soyoil fell even as typi...

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Cattle on Feed

USDA released the monthly Cattle on Feed report today. The total inventory in feedlots of 1,000 head or more capacity is 11.6 million head, 98 percent of last year.   Placements were 1.55 million head, 82 percent of last year, and marketings at 1.74 million head were 91 percent of Fe...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

May 25 Corn closed at $4.6425/bushel, down $0.0475 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Wheat closed at $5.5825/bushel, up $0.01 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soybeans closed at $10.0975/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soymeal closed at $300.3/short ton, up $3.2...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Mixed Day but a Hot CoF Report After the Close

The fundamentals are unchanged but there is a cloud overhead due to the impending tariff war and the headwinds that portends. So, the market today and all week is a matter of treading water until more definitive cues emerge. In fact, today was so mixed that soybeans and soyoil fell even as typi...

livestock

Cattle on Feed

USDA released the monthly Cattle on Feed report today. The total inventory in feedlots of 1,000 head or more capacity is 11.6 million head, 98 percent of last year.   Placements were 1.55 million head, 82 percent of last year, and marketings at 1.74 million head were 91 percent of Fe...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

May 25 Corn closed at $4.6425/bushel, down $0.0475 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Wheat closed at $5.5825/bushel, up $0.01 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soybeans closed at $10.0975/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soymeal closed at $300.3/short ton, up $3.2...

FOB Prices and Freight Rates App (Updated 21 March)

Transportation and Freight Market Comments - 21 March 2025 By Matt Herrington Dry-Bulk Ocean Freight WPI is hearing market chatter early on Friday, 21 March that there is some discussion about a six-month delay on the implementation of USTR’s Section 301 port fees for Chinese vessels. WPI...

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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.

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