Except for cattle futures, the CBOT and CME ag markets were all lower on Wednesday as bearishness remains the prevailing sentiment. Commodity markets received a widespread blow on Wednesday after reports surfaced that many financial analysts expect a recession in the U.S. and the world in 2023. At least one firm predicted a 65 percent chance of a U.S. recession, which would be bearish raw commodity demand across the board. In response to this and Tuesday’s fund selling, corn futures pushed sharply lower amid fund selling and broke technical support in a decidedly bearish day of trading. Despite worrying weather forecast for the Southern Plains and further deterioration in Kansas’ wheat crop funds were also sellers of some...
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...
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.