Overnight price action saw grain and soy prices continue the firmer trend set by the rebound from earlier losses late in Monday’s day session that was enough to maintain positive technical support. Soybeans and winter wheat were a few cents higher, and corn gained a fraction of a cent overnight. There were increases in open interest in corn, soybeans and Chicago wheat from Monday’s trade, which suggest that funds were still adding to their large long positions. The day session opened with green numbers all around, and once again funds provided much of the buy side of the action in what otherwise was relatively quiet action with modest volume. The soy complex finished in firm fashion with May soybeans up 7.5 cents and November u...
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.