Trading volume was light today. Corn and wheat were slightly lower through most of the day, while soybeans traded a penny or two higher for a brief time and then returned to fractionally lower levels or unchanged by the close. There were no export sales announcements today. Yesterday’s weekly export sales report was not very impressive. Egypt bought wheat overnight (see below). Heavy wet snow fell across South Dakota and parts of North Dakota as well as southern Minnesota. Good rains fell where it wasn’t cold enough to turn to snow. This will set planting back across the norther Plains and western Corn Belt one more time. Temperatures look to stay below normal for the foreseeable future. U.S. equity markets started the day very...
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.