Dec 21 Corn closed at $5.4225/bushel, down $0.0125 from yesterday's close. Dec 21 Wheat closed at $7.495/bushel, down $0.0275 from yesterday's close. Nov 21 Soybeans closed at $12.355/bushel, down $0.025 from yesterday's close. Dec 21 Soymeal closed at $326.7/short ton, down $0.2 from yesterday's close. Dec 21 Soyoil closed at 62.21 cents/lb down 0.1 cents from yesterday's close. Dec 21 Live Cattle closed at $131.45/cwt up $1.925 from yesterday's close. Jan 22 Feeder Cattle closed at $160.6/cwt up $2.025 from yesterday's close. Dec 21 Lean Hogs closed at $72.575/cwt down $1.625 from yesterday's close. Dec 21 WTI Crude Oil closed at $84.47/barrel down $0.18 from yesterday's close. ...
Russian Grain Markets: 29 June-3 July 2026 The new marketing season has officially begun in Russia, although bearish sentiment has been concentrated in the southern regions closest to the Black Sea ports, where export demand has been weakest. Delays in grain deliveries to inland elevators have...
What You Need to Know Today: The hot, dry weather forecast continues to drive strength in grain futures with corn and soybeans hitting another day of strong gains. Monday’s Crop Progress and Conditions data were in line with market expectations and showed relatively few concerns for the...
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.