SPREADS May crush trades 63.20c/bu while oilshare trades to 33.61% which seems to find some market stabilization. Spreads are also firmer with July/Dec trading up to 87 1/4c inverse from 83 3/4c, and May/July corn bounding back to 14c, close to contract highs of 14 1/4c. March/May wheat trades 2 1/4c to 2 3/4c carry. March wheat/corn trades to 89c from 92 3/4c. March/May beans trade from 4c inverse to 3 1/2c, while July/Nov trades from 1.88 1/2c up to 1.95 3/4c. July/Dec meal trades form $54.90 inverse to $57.60. PALM OIL April up 93 ringgits to close at 3,319 ringgit/mt. NEWS Stocks are up 56 pts with crude oil trading to new highs at $56.25/barrel, and the US dollar firming to 91.48. US weekl...
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.