Turkey's recently-introduced import duty on some agricultural products from Russia has reportedly already caused some damage in the sphere of its grain and sunflower oil exports. Meanwhile, Ukraine has revised the forecast for its MY 2016/17 grain exports. Russian Grain Markets Market Trends: 10-14 April 2017 Corn and rye prices continued to drop (in RUB expression) on the Russian grain market. However, prices for other crops were stable, mainly due to the Easter holiday and slower market activity. GEOGRAPHICALLY 3rd grade soft milling wheat prices were stable in Volga Valley, but they decreased in Central (-$0.20/MT), Siberia and Black Soil (-$0.60-0.80/MT), Ural (-$1.80/MT) and the South (-$2.50/MT).4th grade soft milling wheat price...
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...
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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.