Soil Moisture Top soil moisture over the Pampa Humeda region has improved with the recent rainfall in the country. The weather forecast predicts abundant showers for Monday, 19 March and Tuesday, 20 March over the region. This could delay soybean harvest activities. Soymeal ARGENTINA There was some farmer selling in Argentina during the past few days (a daily average of about 0.15 MMT). Crushing margins recovered, staying about $14/MT (gross). March shipments are complete in Argentina; April shipments finally found some action and were trading at -5 SMK and -6 SMK. Because of the 10-day port workers' strike, the average waiting time in Upriver ports is now about 14 days. Wheat ARGENTINA Last Friday, the Argentine government granted...
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...
Key Market Insights Geopolitical Limbo: Geopolitical risk remained a key driver across global commodity markets today. President Trump stated that the Iran memorandum of understanding is not yet final and warned that military action could resume if negotiations fail. Both sides continue w...
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.