SPREADS Dec crush firms to 84.25c/bu while oilshare firms to 32.99 percent after testing 32 percent at the start of the week. Nearby corn spreads remain firm with Dec/March trading into 11 3/4c from 12c and Dec 19/Dec 20 trading from 16 3/4c to 18c. Bean spreads are weaker with Nov/Jan trading back out to 14 1/4c from 13 3/4c, while Jan/March trades from 10 3/4c to 11. Dec wheat/corn trades from 99 1/2c to 1.03 1/2c. PALM OIL Dec closed up 11 ringgits higher with cash palm up $2.50/mt ending at $522.50/mt. Malaysia Palm Oil Board Data for Sep due next week. NEWS Stocks are higher up 70 pts. US unemployment fell in Sep to a new five-year low at 3.5 percent while employers added a modest 13...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.