World Perspectives
feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Jul 19 Corn closed at $4.3625/bushel, up $0.175 from yesterday's close.  Jul 19 Wheat closed at $5.145/bushel, up $0.24 from yesterday's close.  Jul 19 Soybeans closed at $8.89/bushel, up $0.17 from yesterday's close.  Jul 19 Soymeal closed at $327.4/short ton, up $8.4 from yesterday's close.  Jul 19 Soyoil closed at 27.78 cents/lb up 0.05 cents from yesterday's close.  Aug 19 Live Cattle closed at $105.05/cwt down $2.8 from yesterday's close.  Aug 19 Feeder Cattle closed at $138.225/cwt down $4.5 from yesterday's close.  Jul 19 Lean Hogs closed at $87.875/cwt up $0.075 from yesterday's close.  Jul 19 WTI Crude Oil closed at $56.54/barrel down $2.27 from yesterday's close.   ...

WPI on Twitter

Related Articles
feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: CBOT Gains to Close Week; Wheat Firms on Bullish News

The CBOT was mostly higher to end a mostly bearish week with wheat leading the way on several mildly bullish developments. Wheat futures saw price-supportive development in the IGC’s lower 2024/25 global ending stocks forecast, dryness in the U.S. Southern Plains, and smaller Russian 2024...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

CFTC COT Report Analysis

Based on futures’ price action late last week and early this week, one would be expecting funds to have been net sellers in the major ag commodities, and that’s exactly what happened. Funds expanded their short soybean position by some 30,000 contracts, making it a new five-year low...

livestock

Cattle on Feed Report: Placements and Marketings Dropped Sharply

USDA released the monthly Cattle on Feed report today. Total inventory, placements and marketings all came in lower than the pre-report estimates, though total inventory was at the same volume or higher than last year for the seventh consecutive month. Placements came in well below the average...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: CBOT Gains to Close Week; Wheat Firms on Bullish News

The CBOT was mostly higher to end a mostly bearish week with wheat leading the way on several mildly bullish developments. Wheat futures saw price-supportive development in the IGC’s lower 2024/25 global ending stocks forecast, dryness in the U.S. Southern Plains, and smaller Russian 2024...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

CFTC COT Report Analysis

Based on futures’ price action late last week and early this week, one would be expecting funds to have been net sellers in the major ag commodities, and that’s exactly what happened. Funds expanded their short soybean position by some 30,000 contracts, making it a new five-year low...

livestock

Cattle on Feed Report: Placements and Marketings Dropped Sharply

USDA released the monthly Cattle on Feed report today. Total inventory, placements and marketings all came in lower than the pre-report estimates, though total inventory was at the same volume or higher than last year for the seventh consecutive month. Placements came in well below the average...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

May 24 Corn closed at $4.335/bushel, up $0.0675 from yesterday's close.  Jul 24 Wheat closed at $5.6675/bushel, up $0.1375 from yesterday's close.  May 24 Soybeans closed at $11.505/bushel, up $0.1625 from yesterday's close.  Jul 24 Soymeal closed at $343.2/short ton, up $5.8 fro...

Image
From WPI Consulting

Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming

WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.

Search World Perspectives

Sign In to World Perspectives

Don’t have an account yet? Sign Up