Exporters for September 24-30, 2021 Wheat: Net sales of 333,200 metric tons (MT) for 2021/2022 were up 15 percent from the previous week, but down 19 percent from the prior 4-week average. Corn: Net sales of 1,265,100 MT for 2021/2022 primarily for Mexico (801,400 MT, including decreases of 500 MT), Colombia (192,500 MT, including 100,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 32,800 MT), Honduras (96,800 MT, including decreases of 10,300 MT), Canada (94,600 MT, including decreases of 100 MT), and Guatemala (60,000 MT), were offset by reductions for unknown destinations (149,500 MT). Exports of 974,600 MT were primarily to Mexico (349,100 MT), China (212,300 MT), Japan (193,100 MT), Colombia (125,80...
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.