Export Sales and Shipments for Dec 23-29, 2022 Wheat: Net sales of 47,100 metric tons (MT) for 2022/2023 primarily for China (65,000 MT switched from unknown destinations), Thailand (53,000 MT), and Vietnam (43,000 MT switched from the Philippines), were offset by reductions primarily for the Philippines (43,000 MT), unknown destinations (39,000 MT), Nigeria (24,000 MT), and Trinidad and Tobago (10,000 MT). Net sales of 97,000 MT for 2023/2024 were reported for Mexico (33,000 MT), unknown destinations (30,000 MT), Nigeria (24,000 MT), and Trinidad and Tobago (10,000 MT). Export shipments of 81,500 MT were to Mexico (81,200 MT), Canada (200 MT), and the United Arab Emirates (100 MT). Corn: Net sales of 3...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
On Friday, at 6:57 AM, President Donald Trump announced, via a social media post, a 90-day window during which up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef could be imported outside of tariff-rate quotas—a move aimed at bringing down costs for American consumers. This is the secon...
From WPI Consulting
Forecasting developments in production agriculture
On behalf of a private U.S. agricultural technology provider, WPI’s team generated an econometric model to forecast the movement of concentrated corn production north and west from the traditional U.S. Corn Belt. WPI’s model has subsequently provided quantitative support to a multi-million-dollar investment into short-season corn variety development. WPI’s methodology included a series of interviews with regional grain elevators and seed consultants. Emphasizing outreach and communication with stakeholders who possess intimate sectoral knowledge – on-the-ground insights – is a regular component of WPI’s methodologies, made possible by WPI’s ever-growing network of industry contacts.