Wheat Last week, the Argentine government, exporters, and wheat millers met to discuss the wheat supply and demand situation. The meeting was only the first of what is expected to be a series of meetings to analyze the wheat situation and the tight supply and demand relationship. No policy measures have been taken yet, but there will be new meetings soon. Before the meeting, the futures market dropped some $20/MT as traders expected some reduction in the exportable balance of Argentina’s wheat. The government originally announced permits for 10 MMT of exports, of which 8.8 MMT has already been registered. It is obvious the remaining balance will not be allowed to be registered and it remains to be seen what will be done with w...
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...
What You Need to Know Today: The hot, dry weather forecast continues to drive strength in grain futures with corn and soybeans hitting another day of strong gains. Monday’s Crop Progress and Conditions data were in line with market expectations and showed relatively few concerns for the...
Key Takeaways: The Middle East and North Africa's arid climate and limited water resources have created a structural dependence on imported wheat. Government wheat tenders in major importing countries serve as important benchmarks for global trade, providing insight into exporter competitivene...
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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.