Over the past four weeks diesel prices have started to rally moving toward harvest season. The question remains whether this is temporary or a longer-term trend.
From a regional perspective, Midwest distillate inventories for the week of 14 July were the highest recorded for the region since February of 2022. Inventories in the Midwest usually build rapidly in the summer, although that didn’t occur in 2022. Last year, low inventories in the Midwest persisted through the first half of the summer and into the harvest season, when distillate stocks typically draw an average of about 8 million barrels out of inventory from September through November. The 2023 spring maintenance slowdown was heavy in the Midwest drawi...
What You Need to Know Today: The U.S. and Iran reportedly agreed to pause hostilities to allow vessels to transit the Strait of Hormuz this week (theoretically, at least). There were some rumors of a possible Chinese blockade against Taiwan. Analysts are looking for the largest U.S. 1 June cor...
Proposition 12: The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has advocated for a fix to Proposition 12, the California animal welfare law, in the Senate farm bill. The House version of the farm bill included a fix, but the Senate bill, based on the discussion draft released by Chairman John Boozm...
Developer's Note: Last year, users pointed out differences between the 5-year averages reported in this app and what USDA estimates in its weekly report. The difference exists because WPI calculates average based on the last 5 years of observations for the current week. In cases where obs...
