Dec 22 Corn closed at $6.5725/bushel, down $0.0075 from yesterday's close. Dec 22 Wheat closed at $8.185/bushel, up $0.0475 from yesterday's close. Jan 23 Soybeans closed at $14.405/bushel, down $0.095 from yesterday's close. Dec 22 Soymeal closed at $406/short ton, down $1.4 from yesterday's close. Dec 22 Soyoil closed at 76.28 cents/lb down 0.69 cents from yesterday's close. Dec 22 Live Cattle closed at $151.575/cwt up $0.05 from yesterday's close. Jan 23 Feeder Cattle closed at $179.45/cwt up $0.875 from yesterday's close. Dec 22 Lean Hogs closed at $84.875/cwt up $0.525 from yesterday's close. Dec 22 WTI Crude Oil closed at $85.2/barrel down $3.76 from yesterday's close. &nb...
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...
Yesterday we wrote about the Q1 GDP numbers and the June employment reports in an article entitled Real GDP for Q1 Relying on AI Buildout, Held Back by Consumer Spending. That article mentioned that consumer spending had become a drag on GDP. Nonetheless, real GDP in Q1 was revised upward to 2...
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WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.