SPREADS Dec. crush trades to 1.02c/bu while oilshare trades below 32.0% to 31.38%. Bull spreads are firmer with Dec/Dec corn trading into 10 1/4c from 11 1/2c, while Dec/March trades from 9 1/4c to 9 3/4c. Nov/Jan beans trades from 3 3/4c to 4c, while Jan/March inverse is a firm 6 1/4c from 6c. Dec wheat/corn trades from 1.94c to 2.05c. Dec /March wheat trades into 5c from 6 1/4c. PALM OIL Dec. up 13 ringgits with the latest USDA attache report from Malaysia forecasting 20/21 palm oil production falling by 1.0 mmt to 19.7 mmt, due to Covid labor shortages. NEWS Stocks are up over 200 pts as President Trump seems to be on the mend and there could be an announcement for a stimulus package o...
What You Need to Know Today: President Trump claimed the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran was over, as both sides accused one another of violating the terms of the agreement. Commercial vessels are increasingly steering clear of the Strait of Hormuz as security risks escalate following Iran...
Key Takeaways: The CME Group is launching new 90 percent Lean Beef and 50 percent Lean Beef futures and options contracts in July. There are five key factors that must be present in physical markets and futures contract specifications for futures contracts to become successful. The two l...
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...
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.