There were likely three issues that pushed all three wheat markets to gains today despite the weakness in soybeans and flat corn market. General Comments Soybeans led the markets lower overnight. However, wheat turned higher this morning, led by Minneapolis.A hint of rain is in the extended weather forecasts for Brazil. Meanwhile, there was an abrupt line of demarcation over the weekend between the cool, wet conditions everywhere west of the Minnesota/Dakotas borders and very hot, dry weather east of that line. It was the hottest day on record for a Green Bay Packers football with yesterday’s temperatures in the 90s. That hot, dry weather accelerated harvesting, and the market anticipated more hedge selling would show up today.USDA will r...
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.