Regional News Egypt’s GASC secured 79 KMT of soybean and sunseed oil in total, of which 27 KMT of sunseed oil was purchased at $1.170/MT CNF and 52 KMT of soyoil were bought at $1.325/MT CNF. The EU Commission issued a proposal to extend the duty-free policy of Ukrainian imports into the EU by another year. French authorities are set to impose limits on water for crop irrigation in parts of the country for the first time since 1959. Russian wheat stocks as of January totaled 19.8 MMT, up from 12.4 MMT in 2022. Ukraine is requesting that the UN-brokered “grain export corridor” agreement be renewed for one year, rather than the previous two agreements which were for 120 days. Ukraine indicated it...
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.