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Sustainability Standards Setting; Addressing China

Sustainability Standards Setting There has been concern that addressing climate change and pursuing sustainability becomes a conduit for protectionism. Already, proponents for Africa are asking for recognition of the realities of agriculture on the Continent and requesting policy space. Others warn that compromises come at the expense of rainforests, biodiversity, and the planet. Heading off the potential for new trade barriers requires the pursuit of collaborative standards setting. There have been a multitude of informal efforts such as the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification system that can be used as a base. There are a multitude of metrics that can be used to form a comprehensive approach including: Yield per...

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Dry Bulk Ocean Freight  Dry bulk freight markets saw strength emerge this week with the Capesize sector rallying in early trade, but giving up some of those gains at the week’s end. Panamax and Supramax markets pushed higher initially as well, but now look like they will head sideway...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

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Export Sales and Shipments for May 30-June 5, 2025 Wheat: Net sales of 388,900 metric tons (MT) for the 2025/2026 marketing year, which began June 1. Export shipments for June 1-5 of 115,700 MT were to the Philippines (57,500 MT), Taiwan (33,000 MT), Mexico (19,000 MT), the Dominican Republic (...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Expectations Mostly Met

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feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.385/bushel, up $0.015 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Wheat closed at $5.265/bushel, down $0.0775 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soybeans closed at $10.4225/bushel, down $0.0825 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $294.5/short ton, up $0.3...

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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.

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