Export Sales for December 24-30, 2021 Wheat: Net sales of 48,600 metric tons (MT) for 2021/2022--a marketing-year low—were down 76 percent from the previous week and 87 percent from the prior 4-week average. Corn: Net sales of 256,100 MT for 2021/2022 were down 80 percent from the previous week and 81 percent from the prior 4-week average. Soybeans: Net sales of 382,700 MT for 2021/2022--a marketing-year low--were down 27percent from the previous week and 63 percent from the prior 4-week average. Soybean Cake and Meal: Net sales of 31,500 MT for 2021/2022—a marketing-year low--were down 55 percent from the previous week and 81percent from the prior 4-week average. Soybean Oil:...
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...
Yesterday we wrote about the Q1 GDP numbers and the June employment reports in an article entitled Real GDP for Q1 Relying on AI Buildout, Held Back by Consumer Spending. That article mentioned that consumer spending had become a drag on GDP. Nonetheless, real GDP in Q1 was revised upward to 2...
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WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.