SPREADS Dec oilshare trades to 45.20% while crush trades up to 89.85c. Dec/March corn narrows into 7 1/4c from 7 1/2c. Dec 21/22 trades from 24 1/2c inverse down to 22 3/4c. Nov/Jan bean carry trades from 8 3/4c out to 9 1/2c, while the Nov 21/22 trades from 36 1/4c inverse down to 31 3/4c. Dec/March wheat trades from 10c to 10 1/2c carry. Dec wheat/corn trades from 1.81 1/2c up to 1.86 1/2c. PALM OIL Dec. up 122 ringgits to close at 4,452 ringgit/mt. NEWS Stocks are 240 pts higher with crude trading to $72.54/barrel, and the US dollar trading down to 93.09. CALLS Calls are as follows: beans: 3-5 higher meal: .80-.90 lower soyoil: 40-50 pts higher corn: ...
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...
WPI recently completed an expansion of our methodology for estimating and forecasting U.S. and global soybean crushing margins. The new approach incorporates the energy market’s expanding influence on the oilseed sector and the structural changes in global biofuel demand. This report is i...
Key Market Insights Macros: Inflation isn’t cooling — it’s moving higher again. March PCE inflation (Personal Consumption Expenditures index — the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation) rose 0.7 percent month-over-month, pushing the annual rate to 3.5 percent, the h...
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.