Corn traded a narrow range today before settling a half-cent to a penny lower. New fundamental news is hard to come by at this point, and today’s weak action was largely the result of bulls running out of steam. General Comments It was a turnaround session in the overnight hours for the grains complex at the CBOT as corn, Chicago wheat, and soybeans all turned lower. Corn traded a tight range during the evening session and finished down 2¼ cents from yesterday’s close. Similarly, Chicago wheat turned 2¾ cents lower overnight while soybeans came under heavier selling pressure to close 4¾ cents down.The day session was lackluster for corn and wheat with outside news doing little to spark trading. Soybeans, however, traded actively and...
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.