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WASDE Corn

Corn - USDA’s April 2025 estimates increase U.S. corn exports by 100 million bushels. U.S. corn ending stocks are down 75 million bushels from last month to 1.5 billion. The season-average corn price received by producers is unchanged at $4.35 per bushel.  Global corn ending stocks, at 287.7 million tons, are down 1.3 million.    ...

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Livestock Industry Margins

Strong meat demand for the first weekend of the unofficial summer grilling season helped both beef and pork packer margins improve last week. Beef packer margins jumped $10 higher and hit their most profitable level in four weeks, which isn’t much to celebrate given margins were previousl...

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Market Commentary: Bears Control Corn, Soybeans; Wheat Rally Struggles

The major development at the CBOT on Monday was that bears finally gained full control of the corn and soybean markets with multiple bearish headlines allowing them to do so. Trade tensions between the U.S. and China and slow political progress on Capitol Hill pressured the soy complex overnigh...

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Summary of Futures

Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.3825/bushel, down $0.0575 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Wheat closed at $5.39/bushel, up $0.05 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soybeans closed at $10.335/bushel, down $0.0825 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $293.9/short ton, down $2.4...

livestock

Livestock Industry Margins

Strong meat demand for the first weekend of the unofficial summer grilling season helped both beef and pork packer margins improve last week. Beef packer margins jumped $10 higher and hit their most profitable level in four weeks, which isn’t much to celebrate given margins were previousl...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Bears Control Corn, Soybeans; Wheat Rally Struggles

The major development at the CBOT on Monday was that bears finally gained full control of the corn and soybean markets with multiple bearish headlines allowing them to do so. Trade tensions between the U.S. and China and slow political progress on Capitol Hill pressured the soy complex overnigh...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.3825/bushel, down $0.0575 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Wheat closed at $5.39/bushel, up $0.05 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soybeans closed at $10.335/bushel, down $0.0825 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $293.9/short ton, down $2.4...

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WPI Crop Progress and Conditions App (Updated 2 June)

Update for 28 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 o...

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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.

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