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Market Commentary: Grains Drift Lower on Improved Weather, Pre-Holiday Selling

What You Need to Know Today: Chinese officials indicated that China and the U.S. have agreed to cut 10 percent tariffs on imports. Chinese officials confirmed that a “guiding target” has been set for purchases of U.S. agricultural goods, but fell short of confirming that the U.S. r...

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Free Trade to State Direction; Transatlantic Concessions

Free Trade to State Direction  Conceptually, American farmers are huge winners under a free trade policy promising fair and equitable terms. As critics of President Trump’s trade wars will be quick to point out, “U.S. farmers have been some of the biggest beneficiaries of U.S...

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Summary of Futures

Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.6575/bushel, down $0.095 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Wheat closed at $6.605/bushel, down $0.0675 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Soybeans closed at $11.9975/bushel, down $0.0975 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Soymeal closed at $330.9/short ton, down...

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Black Sea Regional Analysis

Russian Grain Markets: 11 - 15 May 2026 The Russian grains market showed a broadly bullish tone across the European part of the country during the week, while conditions in the Asian regions remained stable to slightly bearish. In the southern federal district, the key wheat export hub, prices...

Free Trade to State Direction; Transatlantic Concessions

Free Trade to State Direction  Conceptually, American farmers are huge winners under a free trade policy promising fair and equitable terms. As critics of President Trump’s trade wars will be quick to point out, “U.S. farmers have been some of the biggest beneficiaries of U.S...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.6575/bushel, down $0.095 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Wheat closed at $6.605/bushel, down $0.0675 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Soybeans closed at $11.9975/bushel, down $0.0975 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Soymeal closed at $330.9/short ton, down...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Black Sea Regional Analysis

Russian Grain Markets: 11 - 15 May 2026 The Russian grains market showed a broadly bullish tone across the European part of the country during the week, while conditions in the Asian regions remained stable to slightly bearish. In the southern federal district, the key wheat export hub, prices...

Zimmerman Joins WPI Team as Communications Manager

World Perspectives, Inc. is pleased to announce a new member to our team. Cortney Zimmerman joined WPI in January as the Communications Manager. In this role, she supports the editing, production, and publication of the firm’s market analysis and written reports, working closely with anal...

Soyoil Prices Continue to Be Bullish Amid High Energy Prices and Favorable Biofuel Policy

Key Takeaways: Soyoil futures have been trading at the highest levels since 2022. Higher crude oil prices have allowed biofuels to be more cost-competitive with fossil fuels. Recent U.S. biofuel policy, including 45Z, has been favorable toward soyoil as a feedstock. California will be limiting...

Zimmerman Joins WPI Team as Communications Manager

World Perspectives, Inc. is pleased to announce a new member to our team. Cortney Zimmerman joined WPI in January as the Communications Manager. In this role, she supports the editing, production, and publication of the firm’s market analysis and written reports, working closely with anal...

FOB Prices and Freight Rates App (Updated 20 May)

WPI Grain Prices and Freight Rate App   Note: you can also visit the app directly by clicking here.   Supplemental Information The section below offers a concise view of the options available in the current version of the WPI FOB Price and Freight Rate app, along with a short “...

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Market Commentary: Markets Pause to Assess China Deal Amid Broadly Bullish Backdrop

What You Need to Know Today: Excitement over China’s agreement to purchase $17 billion of U.S. ag commodities subsided, as traders are cautious amid the yet-unspecified allocation of those purchases. Monday’s Crop Progress report did not significantly change the narrative for corn...

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CFTC COT Report Analysis

Friday’s CFTC report showed funds reducing net long positions across most of the major ag futures contracts, reversing a three-week buying trend. Funds reduced the net long on all-ags by 92,000 contracts (8.4 percent), pulling back from the largest net long since at least 2016.  The...

China Market Analysis

There has been more analysis of the Trump-Xi meeting last week than decades worth of papers written on the fall of Rome and the assassination of JFK. Optimists highlight the pageantry and showmanship; pessimists complain nothing major was accomplished. The divergence of the official assessments...

More on China Trade

As WPI reported, Presidents Trump and Xi held a bilateral summit last week (World Perspectives), the first since 2017, with some uncertainty over the outcome, though Trump commented on some “fantastic” trade deals. Over the weekend, more information was released on those agreements,...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.7525/bushel, down $0.0175 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Wheat closed at $6.6725/bushel, up $0.0275 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Soybeans closed at $12.095/bushel, down $0.035 from yesterday's close.  Jul 26 Soymeal closed at $332.3/short ton, down $2...

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