Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.2875/bushel, down $0.0475 from yesterday's close. Jul 25 Wheat closed at $5.6775/bushel, down $0.065 from yesterday's close. Jul 25 Soybeans closed at $10.68/bushel, down $0.0675 from yesterday's close. Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $284.1/short ton, down $0.8 from yesterday's close. Jul 25 Soyoil closed at 54.47 cents/lb down 0.3 cents from yesterday's close. Aug 25 Live Cattle closed at $209.825/cwt down $1.85 from yesterday's close. Aug 25 Feeder Cattle closed at $302.45/cwt down $1.725 from yesterday's close. Aug 25 Lean Hogs closed at $112.45/cwt up $0.45 from yesterday's close. Aug 25 WTI Crude Oil closed at $74/barrel up $0.5 from yesterday's close. ...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
On Friday, at 6:57 AM, President Donald Trump announced, via a social media post, a 90-day window during which up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef could be imported outside of tariff-rate quotas—a move aimed at bringing down costs for American consumers. This is the secon...
From WPI Consulting
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.