Trading at the CBOT was dominated by selling in corn and soybeans, with some support in the wheat complex, though much of that was likely the result of corn/soybeans being bear spread against wheat. Funds were net wheat buyers, securing an estimated 6,000 contracts, while selling 15,000 contracts of corn, 7,000 contracts of soybeans, and 6,000 contracts of soymeal. Funds were reported to have bought 6,000 contracts of soyoil. The weekly Export Inspections report was bearish corn, bullish soybeans, and neutral wheat – seemingly the same pattern the report has shown for the past few months. Despite a weekly uptick in corn shipments, the 25.1 million bushels (mbu) sold was below the 40 mbu needed to keep pace with USDA’s for...
What You Need to Know Today: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
The big news in the cattle markets yesterday was Tyson Foods’ move to close two more beef plants. One of them, the Joslin, Illinois, plant was shuttered immediately after the announcement. The other, in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is a case-ready plant that does not slaughter cattle. Tyson also...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...
From WPI Consulting
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.