SPREADS Dec crush trades higher to 1.03c/bu while oilshare trades firmer as well to 46.20%. Dec/March corn trades from 7 3/4c carry to 8c. Dec 21/22 corn inverse trades from 21c to 18 1/4c. Dec/March wheat trades from 12c to 12 1/4c, new lows. Dec wheat/corn trades from 1.72c to 1.69c. Nov/Jan bean spread trades from 9 1/2c to 9 3/4c, while Nov 21/22 trades from 31 1/2c to 28 3/4c. Dec/March meal trades from $4.20 to $4.30. PALM OIL Dec crude oil closed up 142 ringgits to 4,597 ringgit/mt. NEWS Stocks are up 119 pts. with crude oil trading down to $73.89/barrel, and the US dollar into new year highs of 94.50. CALLS Calls are as follows: beans: 1-3 higher meal: 1.20-1.60 lower soyoil:...
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.