Soybeans Market Overview Last week was another that featured weaker Brazilian basis pushing levels lower with each passing day. The Chinese are waiting for margins to rebound or an announcement of a trade deal with the U.S., which seems unlikely in the very near term. In fact, any such agreement should not substantially change Chinese margins since Brazil is already very close to U.S. levels for December-February and cheaper from March onward. Sellers are presently offering January Brazilian soybeans at 160H CNF China, while U.S. prices are around 130H. A potential trade agreement, however, would bring a rally in U.S. basis that would put that origin at parity with Brazil, although it would have no impact on March, April and May shipment...
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
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.