Argentine farmers are simply not offering their crops for export. A primary reason for this lack of selling is the spread between the official and the black market rates for the peso. Rainy Season in Argentina Heavy rains fell north of Buenos Aires and south of Entre Rios during the first days of February (see map below). Some areas have received more than 300mm in two days, which is producing some flooding. Some exporters estimated that about 1 million hectares could be under water.The longer-term effect on the crops is not yet clear. The situation could improve with the return of some hot and sunny days. Unfortunately, however, more rains are expected this week.Cordoba and Santa Fe also received some rains that should help in the develo...
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.
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...