Dec 22 Corn closed at $6.1025/bushel, down $0.18 from yesterday's close. Sep 22 Wheat closed at $7.86/bushel, down $0.1475 from yesterday's close. Nov 22 Soybeans closed at $13.81/bushel, down $0.3125 from yesterday's close. Dec 22 Soymeal closed at $396.1/short ton, down $9 from yesterday's close. Dec 22 Soyoil closed at 66.06 cents/lb down 0.93 cents from yesterday's close. Oct 22 Live Cattle closed at $145.675/cwt up $1.875 from yesterday's close. Sep 22 Feeder Cattle closed at $185.475/cwt up $2.475 from yesterday's close. Oct 22 Lean Hogs closed at $96.575/cwt down $4 from yesterday's close. Sep 22 WTI Crude Oil closed at $86.53/barrel down $2.88 from yesterday's close. &nb...
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.