Export Sales for July 29-August 4, 2022. Wheat: Net sales of 359,200 metric tons (MT) for 2022/2023 were up 44 percent from the previous week, but down 34 percent from the prior 4-week average. Corn: Net sales of 191,800 MT for 2021/2022 were up noticeably from the previous week and from the prior 4-week average. Soybeans: Net sales reductions of 66,700 MT for 2021/2022 primarily for Germany (152,400 MT, including 141,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 1,500 MT), the Netherlands (151,300 MT, including 138,000 MT switched from unknown destinations), Japan (87,100 MT, including 96,000 MT switched from unknown destinations, decreases of 11,200 MT, and 8,400 MT - late), Pakistan (66,300 M...
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.