The overnight session looked like a Turnaround Tuesday would develop, but despite news of the fourth largest daily corn sale on record, the CBOT remained under pressure. Corn futures continued to edge lower while soybeans found slight support from bull spreading against corn and strength in soyoil. Any rally attempts in row crop futures were capped by gains over the Dakotas, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The near-term forecast remains favorable for all but the Southern Plains, and while the 7-14-day forecast holds limited heat and good rainfall, its recent reliability has been mediocre at best. Egypt’s GASC secured Russian wheat for $211.90/MT, marking a $6+ gain from the last tender. September Paris wheat futures posted a EU...
What You Need to Know Today: China’s state-run COFCO, in statements on Tuesday, implied that U.S. corn exports were currently uneconomical but hinted that the Middle Kingdom would import 3.5 MMT of the feed grain this year, with 1 MMT likely sourced from the U.S. Another drone attack has...
Tanker-tracking data shows a smaller recovery in oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz than previously thought. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, speaking by video to an international energy conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, said that oil moving through the strait was back to 80 to 90 percent...
Key Takeaways: While soybean, palm, sunflower, and rapeseed oils dominate global vegetable oil markets, premium oils such as olive, avocado, coconut, and sesame command substantially higher prices due to their distinctive flavors, nutritional characteristics, and specialized culinary uses.. Ol...
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.