THE OPEN Nov beans: 7 higher Dec meal; 2.70 higher Dec soyoil: 2 higher Dec corn: 1 higher Dec wheat: 1 1/2 lower Prices opened firm amidst more short-covering activity in front of the USDA report, which started in the corn market where the largest short position is located, as well as chatter about more Chinese bean purchases with 1-2 mmt of the tariff free quota being purchased. Minneapolis wheat once again opened with a very firm bid as more adverse weather crosses the Northern Plains this week, and weather problems continue in Australia and Argentina. Chicago wheat became the sell-leg in early trade against Minneapolis and corn, with funds carrying a mostly even position and a higher...
What You Need to Know Today: After a period of limited activity, USDA reported a sizeable 613 KMT in soybean export sales, including 330 KMT to China and 283 KMT to unknown destinations, potentially also China. The purchases represent a meaningful pickup in demand and bring China closer to ful...
Inflation is back in the driver’s seat, and agriculture is getting pulled in two directions. A stronger dollar is pressuring grains despite fresh Chinese buying, while renewed Middle East attacks lift crude oil. Higher energy prices can support commodities, but they also raise expenses an...
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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.