THE OPEN July beans: 1 lower July meal: .80 lower July soyoil: 14 lower July corn: 5 lower July wheat: 15 lower Prices opened as expected with more selling in wheat futures and oilshare. Better weekend weather and a very important May 12 USDA report are the major catalysts for a liquidation day of trade. The cancellation of corn seemed to overshadow the new crop sale, while wheat values traded lower. Spreads were firmer with the corn and bean inverses strengthening. Today and tomorrow may continue to be about position - squaring in front of the USDA report Wed, to be released at 11:00 central time. At 10:00 export inspections were released as follows: corn...
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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.