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Drought Doesn't Discriminate

Drought Doesn’t Discriminate Despite the frequent battle with drought faced by its farmers, South Africa has rejected adoption of a drought-tolerant maize claiming it is no better than conventional seed. However, there are several pertinent factors that require attention in any such analysis, including the fact that yield is only one attribute differentiating biotech crops.  The vast majority of the world’s farmland does not involve biotech crops. Most biotech crops are corn and soybeans grown predominantly in the USA, Canada, Brazil and Argentina. There are many factors besides genetics that affect yield, including soil types, nutrients, seeding practices, endemic threats and plant protection, plus weather. The countries...

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Market Commentary: Grains, Oil Fall on Risk-off Trade after Middle East Ceasefire

The biggest drive of the CBOT’s Tuesday trade had little to do with grain markets themselves and, rather, was primarily focused on risk and positioning dynamics following the apparent Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement. While both sides have apparently agreed to some sort of ceasefire deal,...

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Summary of Futures

Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.1625/bushel, down $0.03 from yesterday's close.  Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.52/bushel, down $0.175 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soybeans closed at $10.4675/bushel, down $0.12 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $280.5/short ton, down $1.9...

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Middle East, Mediterranean, and Africa Regional Analysis

Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Jordan’s wheat reserves are reportedly at 10 month consumption with barley supply at 8 months consumption. Jordan is increasing its grain storage capacity to a level that will allow as much as 16 months of wheat supply. Egyp...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Grains, Oil Fall on Risk-off Trade after Middle East Ceasefire

The biggest drive of the CBOT’s Tuesday trade had little to do with grain markets themselves and, rather, was primarily focused on risk and positioning dynamics following the apparent Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement. While both sides have apparently agreed to some sort of ceasefire deal,...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.1625/bushel, down $0.03 from yesterday's close.  Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.52/bushel, down $0.175 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soybeans closed at $10.4675/bushel, down $0.12 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $280.5/short ton, down $1.9...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Middle East, Mediterranean, and Africa Regional Analysis

Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Jordan’s wheat reserves are reportedly at 10 month consumption with barley supply at 8 months consumption. Jordan is increasing its grain storage capacity to a level that will allow as much as 16 months of wheat supply. Egyp...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

CFTC COT Report Analysis

The attached PDF offers graphical depiction and seasonal analysis of managed money and commercial traders' net position in key agricultural commodity markets. The data is, of course, taken from the CFTC's weekly Commitment of Traders report, using the futures only data. WPI recently completed a...

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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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