SPREADS Sep crush trades to 1.24c/bu while oilshare trades to 47.70%. August oilshare trades to new highs at 48.32%. Sep/Dec corn inverse leaks down to 2 1/4c before finding some stability to trade to 5c. Sep/Dec corn inverse has been losing ground on concerns over lower US export demand so far, as well as chatter that some of the eastern Corn Belt corn could be harvested early, perhaps as soon as September. Dec/March corn carry trades from 7c - 7 1/2c. August /Nov bean spread trades from 58 1/4c to 63 1/2c. Sep/Nov bean inverse trades from 13c to 14 3/4c. Sep/Dec wheat trades into 6 3/4c from 7 1/2c, and from values that were out to 9c. Dec wheat/corn trades from 1.43 1/4c to 1.50c.&n...
What You Need to Know Today: Record biofuel demand continues to support soyoil values, as EIA data show that May soyoil usage as a biofuel feedstock reached a record 1.434 billion pounds. The latest data reinforces the strength of renewable fuel demand and helps explain ongoing investment in a...
A bipartisan group of 26 lawmakers, led by Representative David Valadao (R-CA), sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and House Agriculture Committee Chair GT Thompson (R-Pennsylvania) requesting that $5 billion of the temporary economic assistance for farmers go toward spec...
Key Takeaways: Soyoil consumption as a biofuel feedstock climbed to a record 1.434 billion pounds in May, setting a new all-time monthly high. Improved 45Z policy clarity in February 2026 has supported stronger soyoil demand from the biofuel sector by providing producers with greater certainty...
From WPI Consulting
Communicating importance of value-added products
Facing increasing pressure to quantify the value of export promotion efforts to investors, a U.S. industry organization retained WPI to develop a quantitative model that better communicated the importance of exports. The resulting model concluded that value-added meat exports contributed $0.45 cents per bushel to the price of corn, increasing support for that sector’s financial support of WPI’s client. In addition to serving the red meat industry with this type of analysis, WPI has generated similar deliverables for the U.S. soybean and poultry/egg industries.