There have been several recent weather issues such as the drought in western Canada and the warm, dry finish to the season in Western Europe, but none have changed the overall bearish market attitude. However, El Nino's continued developing strength is of ongoing concern.Weather really hasn't played much of a role in markets this growing season, although much of today's soybean rally can likely be attributed to a drier and warmer Corn Belt weather forecast for at least the next two weeks. August is the month for soybeans, and yield estimates remain high. A bushel or two reduction in those numbers can make a difference to the U.S. soybean balance sheet. There have been other weather issues around such as the drought in western Canada and the...
What You Need to Know Today: After a period of limited activity, USDA reported a sizeable 613 KMT in soybean export sales, including 330 KMT to China and 283 KMT to unknown destinations, potentially also China. The purchases represent a meaningful pickup in demand and bring China closer to ful...
Key Takeaways: Consumer spending is a key driver of the U.S. economy, and the latest retail sales data indicate that spending remains robust despite inflation. In September, total retail and food service sales rose more than 6 percent year-over-year, with food service spending up 7 percent and...
The Trump import plan for 300,000 MT of beef supplies used for ground beef, i.e., lean trim, from September through November has, according to Secretary Brooke Rollins, brought some relief to beef prices. The Executive Order states that the Secretary of Agriculture will analyze and review the m...
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.