Export Sales and Shipments for December 8-14, 2023. Wheat: Net sales of 322,700 metric tons (MT) for 2023/2024 were down 78 percent from the previous week and 51 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 337,400 MT were up 17 percent from the previous week and 20 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Mexico (98,500 MT), Japan (53,700 MT), Algeria (45,100 MT), Taiwan (27,000 MT), and South Korea (20,900 MT). Corn: Net sales of 1,013,100 MT for 2023/2024 were down 29 percent from the previous week and 33 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 870,900 MT were up 2 percent from the previous week and 14 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations w...
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) enters its mandated six-year review on 1 July. The original intent of the review is outlined in Article 34.7, which obligates members to: Provide recommendations and decide on appropriate actions. Extend the USMCA for another 16 years and meet aga...
Key Market Insights Geopolitical Limbo: Geopolitical risk remained a key driver across global commodity markets today. President Trump stated that the Iran memorandum of understanding is not yet final and warned that military action could resume if negotiations fail. Both sides continue w...
Key Takeaways: Drought remains a major threat to global agricultural production, particularly in regions with limited rainfall and growing water scarcity. Commercially available drought-tolerant traits in corn, soybeans, and wheat have generally delivered modest yield improvements, limiting th...
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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.