SPREADS May crush trades down to 59c/bu, while oilshare firms to 35.91%. Spreads recover with July/Dec corn trading from 70 1/4c up to 74 1/4c, and May/July trading from a 9c inverse to 9 1/2c. May/July wheat trades from 12 3/4c inverse down to 11 3/4c. July/Nov beans inverse trades from 1.64c up to 1.80 3/4c, while May/July trades 8 1/2c to 11 1/2c. Bull-spread liquidation still continues into first notice day on Friday. July/Dec meal trades from an inverse of $44.20 down to $39.00. PALM OIL May up 126 ringgits closing at 3,670 on talk of better than expected Feb. exports. NEWS Stocks are modestly higher up 14 pts with crude oil trading to new contract highs in April at $63.00/barrel. The Dow is up...
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.