Corn In addition to implementing a differential exchange rate for corn, exporters were granted a 240-day extension to fulfill export permits that had shipment dates between 24 July and 30 September and the exportable surplus was increased to 26 MMT. With this extension, the government eases pressure on exporters by allowing them to use corn from the 2023/24 campaign if they cannot source enough during the current year. It also alleviates pressure on prices towards the end of the campaign (December to January). Continuing with the same tone as last week, farmer selling of corn remains high, reaching approximately 5 MMT between fixations and new sales. The FAS price remains around AR$60,000 for corn with quick discharge and AR$62,000 for de...
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...
Key Market Insights Macro markets delivered a full whipsaw today. Early in the session, crude oil had rallied back above $100/barrel as traders priced renewed concern over the U.S.-Iran standoff and potential supply risk through the Strait of Hormuz. That strength helped pull grains off their o...
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.