SPREADS March crush trades at 97c/bu while oilshare trades up to 32.97%. Jan/March beans move from 1 1/2c to 2 1/2c carry. March/May meal trades from a $2.80 inverse down to $2.50. Dec/March corn trades from 3 3/4c to 4 1/4c while March/May trades from 2c to 2 1/4c. March wheat/corn trades from 1.65 1/2c down to 1.55c. PALM OIL Feb. up 107 ringgits at 3,439, new ctr highs, on tighter supplies. NEWS Stocks are up 107 pts as the US economy added 245,000 jobs in November, with unemployment at 6.7% signaling a slow-down in the labor-market recovery. The US trade deficit widened in Oct. as exports and imports rose for a fifth straight month, reflecting a recovery in global commerce...
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.