Dec 23 Corn closed at $5.1375/bushel, up $0.1325 from yesterday's close. Sep 23 Wheat closed at $6.615/bushel, up $0.2175 from yesterday's close. Nov 23 Soybeans closed at $13.7075/bushel, up $0.01 from yesterday's close. Dec 23 Soymeal closed at $401/short ton, up $1.1 from yesterday's close. Dec 23 Soyoil closed at 60.76 cents/lb down 0.51 cents from yesterday's close. Aug 23 Live Cattle closed at $180.175/cwt up $3.275 from yesterday's close. Aug 23 Feeder Cattle closed at $246.65/cwt up $1.65 from yesterday's close. Aug 23 Lean Hogs closed at $96.2/cwt down $0.3 from yesterday's close. Aug 23 WTI Crude Oil closed at $75.21/barrel down $1.68 from yesterday's close. ...
Illuminating the value of technical research
On behalf of a commodity producer organization, WPI evaluated the outputs from a project that featured a $5 million investment into technical research over multiple years. WPI’s team captured the results of this extensive effort and synthesized them for presentation to the organization’s governing board; among the findings uncovered and presented for the first time was the development of genomic traits proven, via rigorous testing, to provide crop yield advantages of 50 percent or more to U.S. farmers in times of drought. Capturing measurable results from long-term efforts can be challenging. Educating clients on the dynamics of success measurement when quantifiable results are not readily available requires deep client-consultant collaboration and an ability to consider both near- and long-term client aspirations with market/policy dynamics – attributes that WPI brings to every consulting engagement.