GOOD MORNING, Prices are lower across the board on slightly better than expected crop ratings for beans. Corn crop ratings were actually 2% lower, but did not avoid a pressurized sell-off courtesy of the soy complex. Bull spreads continue to weaken on quiet nearby demand for beans particularly, and a weakening of the inverses as funds liquidate. Processor beans are steady to lower as down-times are taken as crush plants await the supply of beans from harvest. Corn inspections from yesterday showed that China loaded 25 kmt of beans out of the Gulf, in addition to 564 kmt of corn, and 52 kmt of sorghum. China took 276 kmt of corn off the PNW. Marketing-year-to date corn total is 2.472 bln bu, with U...
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.
What You Need to Know Today: Record biofuel demand continues to support soyoil values, as EIA data show that May soyoil usage as a biofuel feedstock reached a record 1.434 billion pounds. The latest data reinforces the strength of renewable fuel demand and helps explain ongoing investment in a...
A bipartisan group of 26 lawmakers, led by Representative David Valadao (R-CA), sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and House Agriculture Committee Chair GT Thompson (R-Pennsylvania) requesting that $5 billion of the temporary economic assistance for farmers go toward spec...
Key Takeaways: Soyoil consumption as a biofuel feedstock climbed to a record 1.434 billion pounds in May, setting a new all-time monthly high. Improved 45Z policy clarity in February 2026 has supported stronger soyoil demand from the biofuel sector by providing producers with greater certainty...