Nearly every major agricultural futures market was lower on Tuesday as the impact of USDA’s recent reports seemed to wear off. The third round of Argentina’s “soy dollar” program and the lack of fresh export sales news for corn sent the soy complex and corn futures lower after their recent rallies. For corn, technical selling pressure also developed based on Monday’s weaker price action. Wheat futures tried to strengthen for the day but, despite a poor crop conditions report from USDA yesterday, were unable to find upside traction. Funds were net sellers across the board and continue to lighten up on overall commodity exposure amid the receding inflation outlook. Outside markets were weaker on Tuesday wi...
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.