Wheat: Net sales reductions of 56,600 metric tons (MT) for 2020/2021--a marketing-year low--were down noticeably from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average. Corn: Net sales of 327,700 MT for 2020/2021 were down 57 percent from the previous week and 81 percent from the prior 4-week average. Soybeans: Net sales of 90,400 MT for 2020/2021 were down noticeably from the previous week and down 14 percent from the prior 4-week average. Soybean Cake and Meal: Net sales of 71,500 MT for 2020/2021--a marketing-year low--were down 44 percent from the previous week and 57 percent from the prior 4-week average. Soybean Oil: For 2020/2021, net sales reductions of 1,500 MT--a marketin...
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...
From WPI Consulting
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.