The corn and soy complex closed higher, with the wheat market mixed, as winter wheat closed up but spring wheat and livestock ended lower. Part of the strength for corn and soybeans may have been a weather premium, as crop planting has started out fast but warm weather has been slow to develop...
Reflect for a moment on what you eat. There is a lot of advice out there in the ether about what you should eat, but really, what do you currently eat and how much? The good people at the USDA have some data for you, to help you answer that question. USDA says that we eat quite a bit of meat. L...
Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.8025/bushel, up $0.055 from yesterday's close. Jul 26 Wheat closed at $6.3775/bushel, up $0.01 from yesterday's close. Jul 26 Soybeans closed at $12.0325/bushel, up $0.0775 from yesterday's close. Jul 26 Soymeal closed at $319.3/short ton, up $0.4 from...
WPI recently completed an expansion of our methodology for estimating and forecasting U.S. and global soybean crushing margins. The new approach incorporates the energy market’s expanding influence on the oilseed sector and the structural changes in global biofuel demand. This report is i...
Reflect for a moment on what you eat. There is a lot of advice out there in the ether about what you should eat, but really, what do you currently eat and how much? The good people at the USDA have some data for you, to help you answer that question. USDA says that we eat quite a bit of meat. L...
Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.8025/bushel, up $0.055 from yesterday's close. Jul 26 Wheat closed at $6.3775/bushel, up $0.01 from yesterday's close. Jul 26 Soybeans closed at $12.0325/bushel, up $0.0775 from yesterday's close. Jul 26 Soymeal closed at $319.3/short ton, up $0.4 from...
WPI recently completed an expansion of our methodology for estimating and forecasting U.S. and global soybean crushing margins. The new approach incorporates the energy market’s expanding influence on the oilseed sector and the structural changes in global biofuel demand. This report is i...
Key Market Insights Macros: Inflation isn’t cooling — it’s moving higher again. March PCE inflation (Personal Consumption Expenditures index — the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation) rose 0.7 percent month-over-month, pushing the annual rate to 3.5 percent, the h...
Real GDP grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2026, slightly below the consensus expectation of 2.3 percent but above the 0.5 percent growth in Q4 2025. The GDP number matches the average annualized pace of growth since the peak back in late 2007, right before the Financial P...
Key Market Insights Macros: Inflation isn’t cooling — it’s moving higher again. March PCE inflation (Personal Consumption Expenditures index — the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation) rose 0.7 percent month-over-month, pushing the annual rate to 3.5 percent, the h...
An amendment to the U.S. House farm bill, aiming to remove the Save Our Bacon Act language in Section 12006 that would have stripped language to prohibit California’s Proposition 12, Massachusetts’ Question 3, and up to 500 state agricultural laws across the country, was blocked by...
WPI has officially launched Transportation Perspectives as a standalone weekly report separate from our Ag Perspectives articles and analysis. Current Ag Perspectives subscribers will have gratis access to the report through 16 April 2026. Please email us or subscr...
Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.7475/bushel, down $0.03 from yesterday's close. Jul 26 Wheat closed at $6.3675/bushel, down $0.1625 from yesterday's close. Jul 26 Soybeans closed at $11.955/bushel, down $0.015 from yesterday's close. Jul 26 Soymeal closed at $318.9/short ton, down $4...
What Matters Today... Fed holds rates steady as inflation uncertainty tied to the Iran conflict pressures equities and supports broader commodity risk premia Biofuel demand accelerating globally, with U.S. imports of used cooking oil and strong soyoil demand reinforcing upside across the soy c...
Jul 26 Corn closed at $4.7775/bushel, up $0.0225 from yesterday's close. Jul 26 Wheat closed at $6.53/bushel, down $0.0475 from yesterday's close. Jul 26 Soybeans closed at $11.97/bushel, up $0.0775 from yesterday's close. Jul 26 Soymeal closed at $323.8/short ton, down $3.6 f...
Russian Grain Markets: 20-24 April 2026 During the week in review, the Russian grains market remained volatile with a broadly bullish undertone. However, it remains too early to determine whether this shift is being driven by geopolitical factors or short-term positioning. The market continues...
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