There are complaints that Canada’s increasing demands in the NAFTA renegotiations will drag the talks into 2018, an election year in both the U.S. and Mexico. Self-Imposed Work The Trump administration is understandably taking credit for Vietnam’s decision to end a nearly year-old fumigation requirement that has stymied U.S. sales of wheat, corn and DDGS to that country. American negotiators used intensive scientific discussion to dissuade quarantine officials in Hanoi from the requirement. However, industry officials argue that the situation likely would have ended more quickly and with less effort had the U.S. not backed out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and its more vigorous obligations to sound science-based sanitary and phyt...
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...
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