SPREADS August oilshare is firmer again trading up to 46.29%. Crush trades to 97c/bu. Bull-spreads are firmer this morning. Nov/July beans bounce to 94c from 76 1/4c inverse, while Sep/Dec meal trades into $2.90 carry from $5.30. Sep/Dec corn inverse trades from 16 1/2c to 18 3/4c, while July/Dec corn inverse trades from 78 1/4c to 85 1/2c. Dec wheat/corn trades from 1.05c down to 98c. PALM OIL August up 208 ringgits. Malaysian palm oil exports through the first half of June are seen as down 4-6% from the prior month's period, and prices are more than 20% off the May highs. NEWS Stocks are up 30 pts while crude oil trades to a new high of $71.95/barrel. The US dollar trades to...
The corn and soy complex closed higher, with the wheat market mixed, as winter wheat closed up but spring wheat and livestock ended lower. Part of the strength for corn and soybeans may have been a weather premium, as crop planting has started out fast but warm weather has been slow to develop...
Real GDP grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2026, slightly below the consensus expectation of 2.3 percent but above the 0.5 percent growth in Q4 2025. The GDP number matches the average annualized pace of growth since the peak back in late 2007, right before the Financial P...
Reflect for a moment on what you eat. There is a lot of advice out there in the ether about what you should eat, but really, what do you currently eat and how much? The good people at the USDA have some data for you, to help you answer that question. USDA says that we eat quite a bit of meat. L...
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.