The Closing Bell Wrap-Up is back from vacation, though it was actually a two-week period of focusing on WPI’s product lines and looking to the future to see how we can better serve clients. Keep an eye out for future announcements of new products and reports. Soybeans did their thing today – once again bounding in the opposite direction of the day prior. Wheat futures were unimpressed with Ukraine’s declaration of martial law and the escalation in the Russia/Ukraine conflict. Corn closed fractionally higher while the livestock contracts were mixed. Wall Street is higher with the Dow and S&P500 up slightly and the U.S. dollar flat. Predious metals are lower while crude oil, apparently having run out of bears wil...
What You Need to Know Today: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva secured reelection on Sunday, defeating right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro despite trailing in the first round of voting. The surprise victory triggered a sharp selloff in Brazilian financial market...
The 2026 midterm elections are a week from tomorrow, but early voting has been taking place for weeks. At stake is control of Congress, including the House of Representatives, where all 435 seats are contested, and the Senate, where approximately one-third of the seats are up for election. Farm...
Key Takeaways: Total U.S. crop acres (excluding hay) are forecast to expand fractionally this year due to greater oilseed crop and winter wheat plantings. One of the key drivers of this year’s crop outlook is input costs, and crops with a lower cost profile have an advantage in producers...
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.