SPREADS March crush trades to 95.48c/bu while oilshare trades to 32.47%. Dec/March corn narrows into 5 1/4c from 6 1/4c, no deliveries. March/May corn trades from 3c to 3 3/4c. Dec/March corn trades from 8 1/2c to 10 1/2c on deliveries. March wheat/corn trades from 1.62 1/2c down to 1.60c. PALM OIL Feb. closes down 34 ringgits, as lower exports are weighing on prices. NEWS The stock market is down 140 pts with crude slightly weaker at $43/barrel. The nonfarm private sector in the US added 307,000 jobs in Nov, signaling a slowdown in payroll gains, as reported from ADP. DELIVERIES Soyoil: 100 CHS puts out 100, ABN Amro stops 96 SRW: 110 KC wheat:&nbs...
Congress is moving forward with its FY 2027 spending bills, while also still working to address FY 2026 funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which is still in a shutdown. The House Agriculture-FDA Appropriations Subcommittee marked up and passed its FY 2027 bill. The House bill prov...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Tunisian researchers have been able to fully sequence the genomes of two local durum wheat types that have been grown in Tunisia for generations. They say that this “could be the key to developing more climate-resistant duru...
Update for 6 April 2025: Last year, users pointed out differences between the 5-year averages reported in this app and what USDA estimates in its weekly report. The difference exists because WPI calculates average based on the last 5 years of observations for the current week. In cases where ob...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
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.