Export Sales for September 16-22, 2022. Wheat: Net sales of 279,800 metric tons (MT) for 2022/2023 primarily for Guatemala (115,400 MT, including 51,500 MT switched from unknown destinations), Thailand (47,500 MT), Mexico (45,500 MT, including decreases of 13,000 MT), Italy (31,800 MT), and Brazil (30,000 MT), were offset by reductions for unknown destinations (66,300 MT), Malaysia (700 MT), and Costa Rica (400 MT). Net sales reductions of 29,700 MT for 2023/2024 resulting in increases for South Korea (300 MT), were more than offset by reductions for Brazil (30,000 MT). Exports (Shipments) of 620,700 MT were primarily to China (137,400 MT), Chile (71,100 MT), Nigeria (69,700 MT), Mexico (50,000 MT), and Japan (48,20...
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...
From WPI Consulting
Forecasting developments in production agriculture
On behalf of a private U.S. agricultural technology provider, WPI’s team generated an econometric model to forecast the movement of concentrated corn production north and west from the traditional U.S. Corn Belt. WPI’s model has subsequently provided quantitative support to a multi-million-dollar investment into short-season corn variety development. WPI’s methodology included a series of interviews with regional grain elevators and seed consultants. Emphasizing outreach and communication with stakeholders who possess intimate sectoral knowledge – on-the-ground insights – is a regular component of WPI’s methodologies, made possible by WPI’s ever-growing network of industry contacts.