In Brazil, the soybean market keeps focused on the spot. This week there were several trades at levels of +55 SK for Santos and +54 SK for Rio Grande. The lineup in several Santos berths is so low that many buyers prefer to purchase Rio Grande where it is larger. Soybeans Argentina’s new crop soybean production will certainly be above 60 MMT, 2 MMT more than initial estimates, and could reach 62-63 MMT if the initial yield rate is maintained.The final month of crushing for the 2014/15 campaign (April 2015-March 2016) just ended. Last March, Argentina crushed 3.2 MMT for a total of 45.3 MMT. Thus, if 12.3 MMT of soybeans were exported and 2.8 MMT were allocated to feed/seed/residual, the carryout of the past campaign should be around 4 MMT...
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...
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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.