After yesterday’s mild recovery, the CBOT saw continued selling pressure with significant bearish developments. Wheat futures broke below key technical support while soymeal posted a new contract low despite significant commercial pricing activity. Several commodities filled open chart gaps, which created additional selling pressure. With the end of the month approaching, there is potential for continued profit-taking and defensive action as the market heads into February. Brazil’s large corn and soybean crops are likely to create additional weakness early in February, especially in the soy complex. Looking beyond that, however, there is still some weather risk present for Argentina and Europe’s winter crops, which...
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.