Russian Grain Markets: 20-24 April 2020 Prices on the domestic grain market continued to grow. Meanwhile, on the export market milling wheat average price decreased to $229/MT FOB Black Sea. Purchase prices grew to RUB 15,700-15,800/MT. Feed barley average export price decreased to $181/MT FOB Black Sea; purchase price grew to RUB 11,800/MT CPT-port Black Sea. Feed corn average export price decreased to $172/MT FOB Black Sea; the average purchase price was stable at RUB 11,100/MT CPT-port Black Sea. GEOGRAPHICALLY 3rd grade soft milling wheat prices grew in Black Soil and Central regions (+RUB 100/MT), as well as Southern (+RUB 165/MT), Volga Valley (+RUB 90/MT), Ural and Siberian (+RUB 200-250/MT); 4th grade soft milling wheat pr...
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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.