The soy complex was the upside leader Wednesday with dry weather in South America sparking a 20-cent rally in soybean futures. Soyoil was helped higher by palm oil futures and the entire soy complex saw noted fund and end-user buying. Corn futures traded higher, helped by the soybean rally and expectations of tighter ending stocks in the November WASDE. Corn also benefitted from bull spreading against wheat, which kept the latter grain on the defensive for the day. Rumors are circulating that Chinese officials have told importers to suspend wheat purchases from Australia. That should help keep the U.S. export program moving. Markets continue to watch the U.S. election outcomes, for which a winner of the Presidential race has not yet been c...
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.