Export Sales for May 20-26, 2022 Wheat: Net sales 700 metric tons (MT) for 2021/2022 were down noticeably from the previous week and down 98 percent from the prior 4-week average. Corn: Net sales of 185,800 MT for 2021/2022 were up 23 percent from the previous week, but down 52 percent from the prior 4-week average. Soybeans: Net sales of 111,600 MT for 2021/2022--a marketing-year low--were down 60 percent from the previous week and 77 percent from the prior 4-week average. Soybean Cake and Meal: Net sales of 188,900 MT for 2021/2022 were up 18 percent from the previous week, but down 13 percent from the prior 4-week average. Soybean Oil: Net sales of 4,200 MT for 2021/2022 we...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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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.