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Black Sea Regional Analysis

Russian Grain Markets: 16–20 October 2023  As of 20 October, Russian farmers harvested grains and pulses from 44.6 Mha which is in line with last year (44.5 Mha), averaging 3.08 MT/ha versus 3.33 MT/ha, a record-breaking year in Russian history. Interestingly, Russia first reports the bunker weight which means grain harvested but not cleaned or graded and only later in the season updates the market with the real figure. Currently, statistics show 137.2 MMT of grains in bunker weight versus 148.1 MMT a year ago. Specifically harvested was: Wheat: 28.5 Mha vs 29.1 Mha – averaging 3.26 MT/ha vs 3.59 MT/ha – producing 93.1 MMT vs 104.2 MMT Barley: 7.8 Mha vs 7.9 Mha – averaging 2.8 MT/ha vs 3.07 MT/ha –...

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Market Commentary: CBOT Slips as Demand Worries Overtake Supply-Side Surprises

The November WASDE offered mixed influences for the major ag markets with USDA making surprise cuts to the U.S. corn and soybean crops and ending stocks, which rallied markets on Friday. The report also, however, cast doubts on the demand-side outlook for both crops and wheat, and that is what...

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Summary of Futures

Dec 24 Corn closed at $4.3/bushel, down $0.01 from yesterday's close. Dec 24 Wheat closed at $5.655/bushel, down $0.07 from yesterday's close. Jan 25 Soybeans closed at $10.2225/bushel, down $0.08 from yesterday's close. Dec 24 Soymeal closed at $295.1/short ton, down $1.1 from y...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Mercosur Regional Analysis

Wheat As of the end of the first week of November, 12 percent of Argentina’s sown wheat area has already been harvested. Harvesting is progressing quickly in the country’s north, with yields that are low but within expectations. Although a few more weeks will pass before the harvest is wid...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: CBOT Slips as Demand Worries Overtake Supply-Side Surprises

The November WASDE offered mixed influences for the major ag markets with USDA making surprise cuts to the U.S. corn and soybean crops and ending stocks, which rallied markets on Friday. The report also, however, cast doubts on the demand-side outlook for both crops and wheat, and that is what...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 24 Corn closed at $4.3/bushel, down $0.01 from yesterday's close. Dec 24 Wheat closed at $5.655/bushel, down $0.07 from yesterday's close. Jan 25 Soybeans closed at $10.2225/bushel, down $0.08 from yesterday's close. Dec 24 Soymeal closed at $295.1/short ton, down $1.1 from y...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Mercosur Regional Analysis

Wheat As of the end of the first week of November, 12 percent of Argentina’s sown wheat area has already been harvested. Harvesting is progressing quickly in the country’s north, with yields that are low but within expectations. Although a few more weeks will pass before the harvest is wid...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

CFTC COT Report Analysis

The major finding of Friday’s CFTC report was the confirmation that funds have officially flipped their formerly massive net short in corn to a net long. After buying back nearly 40,000 contracts last week, funds now sit long 3,035 contracts as of 5 November, a position which was extended signi...

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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.

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