SPREADS July crush trades to 91.92c/bu while oilshare jumps to 43.14%. July/Nov beans posts a new high at 2.00c with a low of 1.89 1/2c, while May/July inverts to 40 1/4c from 35 1/4c. July/Dec meal inverse weakens to $20.90 after posting a new high of $25.80. July/Dec corn trades to a new c tr high at 1.24c from 1.13 3/4c, while May/July trades from 64 3/4c from lows of 52 1/4c. July wheat/corn trades from 59 1/4c down to 52c. PALM OIL July up 187 ringgits ending at 4.055. Palm oil up 4% today on stronger April exports and soyoil strength amidst worries about supply. The contract rose to an intraday high of 5.14% during the session, its highest since May 27, 2020. NEWS Stocks are higher, up 180 pts,...
What You Need to Know Today: Markets got a surprise with a corn yield of 181.2 bushels/acre in the October WASDE, above the average estimate of 177.6 bushels/acre and up from USDA’s September estimate of 178.5 bushels/acre. Although stronger demand is expected to absorb some of the addit...
Key Takeaways: On Friday afternoon, President Trump announced that Russia will “immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel” to the United States. The deal, typical of this administration, is light on details but promises an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 m...
The USDA has lowered its 2026 red meat production forecasts slightly while forecasting a slight increase in broiler production. Beef is now projected at 24.802 billion pounds, 75 million pounds less than in September. Cow slaughter is expected to be up; however, this will be offset by lower ste...
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.