The CBOT shrugged off rumors of Chinese purchases of U.S. sorghum and DDGS for summer shipment as risk-off and position liquidation trade developed quickly this morning. The coronavirus’ impact on the stock market has been astounding, and early weakness in equities created risk-off trade in commodities as well. With global markets volatile to say the least, traders are looking to take positions (and any profits) off the table ahead of the weekend. News broke this afternoon that China has secured several cargoes of U.S. sorghum and U.S. DDGS for summer delivery, though exporters note no corn, soybeans, or wheat have been purchased yet. WPI notes that prices for containerized DDGS to Shanghai are up $22/MT for April shipment and...
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...
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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.