THE OPEN Nov beans: 2 1/2 higher Dec meal: .40 lower Dec soyoil: 41 higher Dec corn: 1/4 higher Sep wheat: 3 1/2 higher The markets opened as called with prices trading mixed. Grains turned lower after the start of the trading session, but short-covering was noted in corn. There was noted unwinding of recent buy bean/sell corn trade. Wheat futures, which had stabilized into the morning session, took a turn for lower prices. Good export sales in beans gave prices a momentary lift, but bulls took that strength as an opportunity to sell something. Beans seem to find resistance as we draw closer to high level talks scheduled between China/US for August 15. Buy corn/sell whe...
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...
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.