Wheat The Argentine harvest keeps moving at a good pace and the national average yield is increasing as combines enter areas in the center and south of Buenos Aires. The national average increased from 1.88 MT/ha to 1.96 MT/ha last week. The weekly progress was 11 percent and total harvested reached 53.5 percent. The quality of this year’s harvest is very heterogeneous; grains are dry and healthy but the test weight and protein/gluten vary significantly between areas. The wheat export vessel lineup remains incredibly low, with vessels waiting to load now about 200 KMT. December will likely end with exports of 0.5-0.6 MMT, which would be 66 percent below last year.
The arrival of trucks to ports is also well below that...
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...
