Russia’s announcement that it will move 10,000 troops from Belarus back to Russia was viewed as a positive development in the Black Sea standoff. Markets, including the CBOT, reacted swiftly to the news, which in the case of ag commodities, meant a move lower to eliminate some of the “war risk” that was bid into prices. The announcement does not assure that Russia will not invade Ukraine eventually and it could even be an intentional move to create a false sense of security. Regardless, the news was positive for now and that mentality drove CBOT price action on Tuesday. The state government of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil pegged the soybean crop there at just 11 MMT, which is 2.8 MMT below CONAB’s most recent e...
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.