Grain and soy prices chopped slightly around either side of unchanged in overnight trade, giving rise to thoughts that those markets might be able to muster up a Turnaround Tuesday. However, it was not to be. Renewed fund selling of corn and soybean contracts kept prices under pressure throughout the day session, sending them to new lows. Chicago and KC wheat prices did gain around 3 cents, but that is not much of a turnaround given the beating they received yesterday and during the past several trading days. Renewed fund selling, cheaper soybean and corn offers out of Brazil and Argentina fueled by their currency weakness, forecasts for a few days of drier/warmer weather for the central Corn Belt, the lack of any visible movement on a Chi...
From WPI Consulting
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.