Weather Outlook The arrival of the expected "El Niño" weather event for Argentina continues to be delayed, and the situation is becoming more complex every day. There is a very large area that includes the western part of Buenos Aires, the eastern part of La Pampa, the provinces of Cordoba, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, and a section of Santa Fe where water reserves at a depth of 1 meter are practically zero.
The Nucleus region (Argentina’s corn agricultural area) can hold out for a few more days or weeks as the rest of the province of Buenos Aires, most of Santa Fe, and Entre Rios are in better shape. These regions currently have no issues, and the medium-term outlook is favorable. Rainfall maps a...
The corn and soy complex closed higher, with the wheat market mixed, as winter wheat closed up but spring wheat and livestock ended lower. Part of the strength for corn and soybeans may have been a weather premium, as crop planting has started out fast but warm weather has been slow to develop...
Reflect for a moment on what you eat. There is a lot of advice out there in the ether about what you should eat, but really, what do you currently eat and how much? The good people at the USDA have some data for you, to help you answer that question. USDA says that we eat quite a bit of meat. L...
WPI recently completed an expansion of our methodology for estimating and forecasting U.S. and global soybean crushing margins. The new approach incorporates the energy market’s expanding influence on the oilseed sector and the structural changes in global biofuel demand. This report is i...
