Survey Says: U.S. Farmers Will Plant More Corn and Less Soybeans in 2019 Farmers intend to plant more corn than soybeans in 2019, according to a survey of 924 U.S. farmers done by Farm Futures from July 20 through August 2. The survey also found farmers intend to plant more winter wheat, sorghum, and cotton, but less spring wheat, durum wheat. According to the survey, farmers intend to plant 90.8 million acres of corn in 2019, an increase of 1.9 percent over 2018. Farmers intend to plan 87.5 million acres of soybeans in 2019, a decrease of 2.3 percent from 2018. Considering the sharp decline in U.S. soybean prices since China imposed its 25 percent tariff on U.S. soybeans, it is surprising farmers plan to reduce their soybean plantings b...
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...
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WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.