The CBOT traded an odd day on Friday with wheat futures selling off sharply despite private estimates of a Kansas HRW crop nearly 10 Mbu below USDA’s estimate. Even so, fund liquidation and profit taking was the theme of the day and wheat ended 30-40 cents lower. The corn market traded sideways, caught between the wheat selloff and a soymeal-driven rally in soybeans. Trading volume was quiet across the board as few seemed interesting in absorbing additional risk heading into the weekend. Looking forward, WPI remains bullish world grain and oilseed markets heading into 2023. Food security issues are just now becoming significant, and they will only get worse. Gro Intelligence’s CEO recently said that the world is facing a...
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.