Grain and soy futures prices fell yesterday after USDA’s bearish production and supply/demand estimates. Several new contract lows were set. General Comments Today is Veterans Day in the U.S., when the country celebrates those who have served in the U.S. military past and present. It used to be known as Armistice Day to commemorate the end of the First World War 97 years ago today. About 60 years ago it was changed to Veterans Day. All federal government offices are closed. The EIA’s weekly ethanol and energy report is delayed until Thursday, and the weekly export sales report will be released Friday. We would like to add our thanks to those who have served in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard helping to maintain the freedom th...
What You Need to Know Today: The corn and soybean markets closed slightly higher in low-volume trade. The wheat market was mixed, with HRW continuing its downward trek on improved moisture. As expected, the bearish cattle on feed report drove down cattle prices and pulled hogs down with it. Mi...
Monday, 25 May is a U.S. holiday, and both the markets and our office will be closed. Please note that the next issue of Ag Perspectives will be published on Tuesday, 26 May. The WPI staff wishes everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend...
USDA’s monthly cattle on feed report was released today. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity amounted to 11.6 million head, 102 percent of last year. Source: USDA, WPI Placements were up, but part of that is attributable to persistent drought c...
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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.