SPREADS August crush trades to 88c/bu while oilshare prices are 47.83%. August /Nov bean inverse remains supported trading from 70c to 76 3/4c, while Sep/Nov trades from 11 1/2c inverse to 13 3/4c. Sep/Dec corn inverse continues to congest from 9 1/2c to 10 1/4c, while Dec/March trades at a fairly consistent 7 1/2c to 7 3/4c carry. Sep/Dec wheat trades from 8c to 8 1/4c, after trading out to a 9c carry. Dec wheat/corn trades from 1.01c to 1.06 3/4c. PALM OIL Sep. up 136 ringgits climbing more than 3% to a six-week high lifted by higher exports so far in July, while dry weather and a labor shortage was also net positive. NEWS Stocks are down 150 pts as worries continue over rising cases of the Delta v...
What You Need to Know Today: Cattle futures extended their sharp selloff Friday as weakening cash cattle prices, deteriorating feedlot profitability, and reduced packer demand continued to weigh on the market. The inability of futures to sustain a rally following last week's bullish Cattle on...
As predicted, the Federal Reserve held rates steady at the last meeting before the midterm elections, likely in part because of the election (see WPI 19 October and 22 September). The decision comes at the tail end of a midterm election cycle that has been marked by the two parties campaigning...
Key Takeaways: WPI’s new EU rapeseed crushing margin models point to weaker processing returns over the next four months due to higher rapeseed procurement costs and weaker product values. Statistical forecasts call for German crushing margins to decline from €181/MT to €...
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.