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19 July 2015 – Policy

Greece and the Long-Term Outlook of the Euro

By Dave Juday for Ag Perspectives

The steps back to normalcy in Greece have had a short-term impact on southern Europe. With yields falling today on Portuguese, Spanish and Italian government bonds, questions remain as to whether this is just the calm before the storm and what will ultimately happen to the euro.Greek banks reopened today for the first time in three weeks. This occurred after a €7 billion financial bridge was approved last week by EU finance ministers that will allow Greece to avoid defaulting on a bond payment and clean up arrears with the International Monetary Fund. Additionally, austerity measures are in place, which have increased the value-added tax (VAT) on many items that will impact agriculture. The VAT rose from 13 percent to 23 percent on meat, ve...

TAGS – Farm Inputs, Softs
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13 November 2024 – Analysis

USA Gone Nuts

By Gary Blumenthal for Ag Perspectives

While oilseeds receive much of the attention, tree nuts, which are technically a seed and containing oil, have gone even more gangbusters for U.S. producers in recent years. Almonds have received much of the focus as the U.S. produces nearly 80 percent of the crop and a comparable share of the...

TAGS – Softs, North America
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11 November 2024 – Analysis

CFTC COT Report Analysis

By Matt Herrington for Ag Perspectives

The major finding of Friday’s CFTC report was the confirmation that funds have officially flipped their formerly massive net short in corn to a net long. After buying back nearly 40,000 contracts last week, funds now sit long 3,035 contracts as of 5 November, a position which was extended signi...

TAGS – Feed Grains, Soy & Oilseeds, Wheat, Livestock, Biofuels, Energy, Softs
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04 November 2024 – Analysis

CFTC COT Report Analysis

By Matt Herrington for Ag Perspectives

Through 29 October, funds continued their aggressive short covering in the corn market with strong export sales justifying the move. Funds reduced their net short position by about 60 percent last week, and now hold a relatively small position of 35,000 contracts short. The continued exit from...

TAGS – Feed Grains, Soy & Oilseeds, Wheat, Livestock, Biofuels, Energy, Softs
softs
13 November 2024 – Analysis

USA Gone Nuts

By Gary Blumenthal for Ag Perspectives

While oilseeds receive much of the attention, tree nuts, which are technically a seed and containing oil, have gone even more gangbusters for U.S. producers in recent years. Almonds have received much of the focus as the U.S. produces nearly 80 percent of the crop and a comparable share of the...

TAGS – Softs, North America
feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat
11 November 2024 – Analysis

CFTC COT Report Analysis

By Matt Herrington for Ag Perspectives

The major finding of Friday’s CFTC report was the confirmation that funds have officially flipped their formerly massive net short in corn to a net long. After buying back nearly 40,000 contracts last week, funds now sit long 3,035 contracts as of 5 November, a position which was extended signi...

TAGS – Feed Grains, Soy & Oilseeds, Wheat, Livestock, Biofuels, Energy, Softs
feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat
04 November 2024 – Analysis

CFTC COT Report Analysis

By Matt Herrington for Ag Perspectives

Through 29 October, funds continued their aggressive short covering in the corn market with strong export sales justifying the move. Funds reduced their net short position by about 60 percent last week, and now hold a relatively small position of 35,000 contracts short. The continued exit from...

TAGS – Feed Grains, Soy & Oilseeds, Wheat, Livestock, Biofuels, Energy, Softs
feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat
28 October 2024 – Analysis

CFTC COT Report Analysis

By Matt Herrington for Ag Perspectives

Through 22 October, funds engaged in the expected short covering in the corn market amid the unexpected surge in exports. Funds’ total buying volume, however, was below expectations at just shy of 20,000 contracts though they certainly added to that number after Tuesday’s data reporting deadlin...

TAGS – Feed Grains, Soy & Oilseeds, Wheat, Livestock, Biofuels, Energy, Softs
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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.

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