GOOD MORNING, Prices will open mixed with weaker wheat against strength elsewhere on the board. This has become a technically driven market as prices make new highs in corn hitting upper targets. Dec. corn is now over $6.00 and July corn over $7.00. The drought in Brazil is the major focus and catalyst for higher trade, as this crop competes directly with US values when harvested. Research analysts estimates of the crop continue to show production lower which, is creating a higher corn price as funds purchase. Other markets besides corn that was associated with Brazil were also strong, from coffee which, rallied 6% yesterday, to sugar. Beans are a follower, while soyoil builds support from a...
What You Need to Know Today: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
The big news in the cattle markets yesterday was Tyson Foods’ move to close two more beef plants. One of them, the Joslin, Illinois, plant was shuttered immediately after the announcement. The other, in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is a case-ready plant that does not slaughter cattle. Tyson also...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...
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.