SPREADS October crush trades slightly lower at 1.05c/bu while oilshare corrects lower again down to 32 percent. Buy meal/sell soyoil appears to be the trade of choice. Good export sales in meal and more positive chart formations could keep the trend moving along. Dec/March corn narrows into 10 1/2c from 11c, while Dec 19/Dec 20 trades into 29c from 31c, and lows that were 37 1/2c. Dec wheat/corn trades from 1.02 1/2 down to 99 1/4c. PALM OIL October cash offers for palm lower down $2.50. NEWS The stock market trades sharply higher up 250 points, building on gains from yesterday. Crude oil trades to $56.43/barrel, and the US dollar firms to 98.32. REPORTS Export s...
What You Need to Know Today: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
The big news in the cattle markets yesterday was Tyson Foods’ move to close two more beef plants. One of them, the Joslin, Illinois, plant was shuttered immediately after the announcement. The other, in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is a case-ready plant that does not slaughter cattle. Tyson also...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...
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.