SPREADS July crush trades to 67c/bu while oilshare trades at 38.0%. The Jly/Nov bean inverse weakens to 1.26 1/2c from 1.38c, while May/July trades down to 4 1/4c from 5 3/4c. July/Dec meal trades down to $14.30 from $15.30. July/Dec corn trades down to 52 3/4c from 55 1/2c, while May/July inverse trades from 14 1/2c to 14 3/4c. May/July wheat trades from 1c to 1/2c inverse, barely hanging on to this one. July wheat/corn tradeas from 64c up to 69c. PALM OIL June up 3 ringgits. The Malaysian Palm Oil Council said they believe crude palm oil prices will average 2.846 ringgit for the Q2 2021 time period and peak at 4,190 ringgit/mt. Soyoil ending stocks at the end of 2021 could be 1.12 m...
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...
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.