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Tech City on a Hill; Distance Warms Heart

Tech City on a Hill Some nationalistic political philosophers like to characterize the U.S. as a beacon of hope for democratic ideals and while some will say this has come to pass, it does offer hope to technologists. The proof was today’s House Agriculture Committee hearing on how to boost the use of biotechnology. While Europe, Mexico and other countries have sought to burden and perhaps end the use of the technology, a panel run by Democrats asked how to better unleash the technology. This is the same party that wants to bust up Big Ag and Big Tech, and yet today hosted a venue in which only biotechnology proponents were invited to speak.  There were some sidebars about vertical agriculture and community gardens, but the Dem...

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Export Sales and Shipments for May 16-22, 2025. Wheat: Net sales reductions of 128,800 metric tons (MT) for 2024/2025 were up noticeably from the previous week, but down noticeably from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 501,200 MT were up 14 percent from the previous week and 12 per...

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Summary of Futures

Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.44/bushel, down $0.03 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Wheat closed at $5.34/bushel, up $0 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soybeans closed at $10.4175/bushel, down $0.1 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $296.3/short ton, down $0.1 from yest...

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Market Commentary: Bears Rule Mostly; Rain and Sunshine Make Grain

Wheat and pigs were the day’s winners, with much of the rest of the contracts bleeding red. President Trump’s war of words with China added some negative energy on the day. It was similar for the week with HRS and hogs adding value, and soymeal higher by a miniscule fraction, but th...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Export Sales

Export Sales and Shipments for May 16-22, 2025. Wheat: Net sales reductions of 128,800 metric tons (MT) for 2024/2025 were up noticeably from the previous week, but down noticeably from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 501,200 MT were up 14 percent from the previous week and 12 per...

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Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.44/bushel, down $0.03 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Wheat closed at $5.34/bushel, up $0 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soybeans closed at $10.4175/bushel, down $0.1 from yesterday's close.  Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $296.3/short ton, down $0.1 from yest...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Bears Rule Mostly; Rain and Sunshine Make Grain

Wheat and pigs were the day’s winners, with much of the rest of the contracts bleeding red. President Trump’s war of words with China added some negative energy on the day. It was similar for the week with HRS and hogs adding value, and soymeal higher by a miniscule fraction, but th...

Sorting Through Tariffs

On 2 April, President Trump announced the U.S. will impose a minimum baseline of 10 percent tariffs on all imported goods into the U.S. as well as higher reciprocal tariffs on exporting countries that impose tariffs on U.S. goods. Countries that will see tariffs higher than the baseline 10 perc...

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Illuminating the value of technical research

On behalf of a commodity producer organization, WPI evaluated the outputs from a project that featured a $5 million investment into technical research over multiple years. WPI’s team captured the results of this extensive effort and synthesized them for presentation to the organization’s governing board; among the findings uncovered and presented for the first time was the development of genomic traits proven, via rigorous testing, to provide crop yield advantages of 50 percent or more to U.S. farmers in times of drought. Capturing measurable results from long-term efforts can be challenging. Educating clients on the dynamics of success measurement when quantifiable results are not readily available requires deep client-consultant collaboration and an ability to consider both near- and long-term client aspirations with market/policy dynamics – attributes that WPI brings to every consulting engagement.

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