The Market With expectations of higher U.S. soybean output this season than officially suggested thus far, new crop positions printed new contract lows this week. With record competing output on the market from South America, the outlook is for increased stock building. On the path lower, November soybeans score a new contract low at 1013/bushel. This despite U.S. soybeans being competitively priced. In fact, Chicago September soybean futures are now 60₵/bushel under Brazil, thus more exports are expected. For the week, November soybeans fell 21.25 cents (-2.02 percent). They are now near long term support and more notable is the 43 percent stair-step decline in volume as the week progressed. Fewer speculators pushing lower reflect expecta...
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...
Key Takeaways: Drought remains a major threat to global agricultural production, particularly in regions with limited rainfall and growing water scarcity. Commercially available drought-tolerant traits in corn, soybeans, and wheat have generally delivered modest yield improvements, limiting th...
Key Takeaways: Peace at last in the Persian Gulf? Over the weekend, the U.S. announced and Iranian officials confirmed a peace agreement, with formal ratification set for Geneva on 19 June. The announcement means the Strait of Hormuz is set to reopen fully and toll-free within 30 days.&n...
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.