The CBOT saw mostly consolidative trade to start the week just two days ahead of the February WASDE report. KCBT wheat futures attempted to rally but were turned back and posted slight gains amid mild commercial buying. Soybeans and soymeal were lower in mostly consolidative trade while soyoil managed to catch a bid with spillover support from crude oil futures. Corn was lower for most of the day but pushed higher heading into the close on another announcement of strong daily “flash” export sales. Funds were net sellers in soybeans and soymeal and were net buyers in soyoil and corn. Funds are thought to have been flat wheat futures in Monday’s trade. The USDA will release its latest WADSE report on Wednesday, 8 Febr...
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...
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) enters its mandated six-year review on 1 July. The original intent of the review is outlined in Article 34.7, which obligates members to: Provide recommendations and decide on appropriate actions. Extend the USMCA for another 16 years and meet aga...
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.