The EU Commission has issued its forecasts for sunseed production in Bulgaria and Romania, which indicate notable changes from 2016. Meanwhile, protestors last Friday lifted their blockade of Brazil’s BR-163 highway that had impacted port deliveries. NOPA Soy Crush Falls Below Trade Estimates The National Oilseed Processors Association’s (NOPA’s) monthly soybean crush report of yesterday indicated members processed 138.074 million bushels in June. The daily crush rate was 4.602 million bushels versus 4.815 million bushels in May, a decline of 4.4 percent. The month’s total volume was well below the average estimate of analysts queried by Reuters of 143.093 million bushels as well as the 149.246 million bushels in May and 145.05 million bu...
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...
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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...
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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.