Last week we reported on the deliberations for a continuing resolution appropriations bill and the policy debate on the next round of COVID. As noted, the deadline for the appropriations package is 11 December. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has stated that she expects the two bills to move together, but also noted that if an agreement on the COVID package could not be reached this week, Congress could reconvene next week. As reported, the plan has $26 billion for the category “Nutrition/Agriculture” with $20 billion set aside for the CCC, but with no further details. That has drawn criticism from outgoing House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN). Peterson was defeated in his re-election bid and will no l...
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...
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.