The CBOT rallied to start the week on a combination of follow-through buying from Friday’s corn and soybean gains as well as a hot, dry forecast for the U.S. in the coming weeks. End-user and some commercial buying activity was noted for the day, but much of the volume was related to funds paring back short bets or cautiously adding length to positions. Grains, oilseeds, and livestock futures all finished higher for the day as supply concerns remain supportive for all these markets. Temperatures will remain well above average in the coming two weeks with minimal nighttime cooling expected. For the coming week, daily high temperatures in the southern Plains and western Corn Belt will be 10-14F above normal while nighttime lows w...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
On Friday, at 6:57 AM, President Donald Trump announced, via a social media post, a 90-day window during which up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef could be imported outside of tariff-rate quotas—a move aimed at bringing down costs for American consumers. This is the secon...
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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.