There was heavy selling pressure across the soy complex today. Much of that was based on the assumption that there will be some hedge selling ahead of the first harvest weekend for soybeans. General Comments Markets were mixed, but they mostly traded near unchanged overnight. However, the soy complex turned weak when markets reopened. This could arguably be the first big soybean harvest weekend, and we suspect some of today's selling was in anticipation of a little pre-hedging. In fact, the extended weather forecast looks warm and dry for most of the U.S. Corn Belt and northern Plains. That will mean a quick start to both the soybean and corn harvests. Wheat, on the other hand, actually demonstrated a little independent strength with corn...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
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.