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Market Commentary: Ignoring Weather, Modest Volume Sees Mostly Red

Grains and soybeans followed the overnight close by trading lower at the open. The early stretch just saw fractional declines but later in the morning, corn and soybeans took deeper dives. Volumes were modest to lower, except in cattle futures. Despite expectations that the current hotter, drier weather pattern will ding some quality in the crops, futures trading ironically focused on the present where there is a good start to the season.  The danger comes if the current heat and dryness become a longer-term pattern. If it is still hot and dry headed into next month, there will be a rush to add weather premium.  For the week, July corn is up 1.25 cents, July soybeans up a half-penny, November soybeans down 8 cents, and all three...

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Market Commentary: South American Weather, Profit Tanking Sink CBOT

Grains and oilseeds nearly all traded lower to start the week with profit taking driving most of the action as the CBOT enters another holiday-shortened week. The only market to finish higher was soyoil, where a geopolitical tension driving bounce in crude oil helped support the vegoil. Improve...

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Grinch Close for 2025

According to stock market statisticians, the S&P 500 stock index historically makes an average of 1.3 to 1.4 percent gains during the last five days of December and the first two days of January. The so-called Santa Clause rally has happened nearly 80 percent of the time, with analysts attr...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.4225/bushel, down $0.0775 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.13/bushel, down $0.06 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.635/bushel, down $0.09 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $303.3/short ton, down $4.1...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: South American Weather, Profit Tanking Sink CBOT

Grains and oilseeds nearly all traded lower to start the week with profit taking driving most of the action as the CBOT enters another holiday-shortened week. The only market to finish higher was soyoil, where a geopolitical tension driving bounce in crude oil helped support the vegoil. Improve...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Grinch Close for 2025

According to stock market statisticians, the S&P 500 stock index historically makes an average of 1.3 to 1.4 percent gains during the last five days of December and the first two days of January. The so-called Santa Clause rally has happened nearly 80 percent of the time, with analysts attr...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.4225/bushel, down $0.0775 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.13/bushel, down $0.06 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.635/bushel, down $0.09 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $303.3/short ton, down $4.1...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

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Infrastructure investment due diligence

On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.

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