Russian Grain Markets: 20-24 January 2020 Grain prices on the domestic Russian market mainly grew due to high demand from both processors and exporters. Export prices also grew: the average milling wheat price grew to $234/MT FOB Black Sea. Purchase prices increased to RUB 13,000-13,200/MT. Feed barley average export price grew to $188/MT FOB Black Sea, purchase prices increased to RUB 10,700/MT CPT-port Black Sea. Feed corn average export price grew to $184/MT FOB Black Sea, the average purchase price increased to RUB 10,000/MT CPT-port Black Sea. GEOGRAPHICALLY 3rd grade soft milling wheat prices were growing in the Southern region (+RUB 285/MT), Central and Black Soil (+RUB 130-160/MT), Volga Valley and Ural (+RUB 50-65/MT), and...
What You Need to Know Today: Crude oil prices extended their rally today, supported by several developments, including escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabian oil infrastructure and growing concerns about supply disruptions. The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to remove 50 perc...
Regional News Dry weather across the UK and Europe is becoming increasingly concerning for the 2027 crops as planting intentions are lowered amid dry soil conditions. Delayed sowing or establishment under adverse conditions could leave crops more vulnerable to frost/freeze events and dise...
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.