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Market Commentary: Some Higher Closes on Sideways Trade

Corn, the soybean complex and SRW all closed higher on the day with Kansas City and Minneapolis fractionally lower. For the trading week thus far, July corn is up 9.75 cents (2.1 percent), July soybeans are 10.25 cents higher (0.8 percent), and July SRW is down 7.5 cents (-1.1 percent). 

No doubt consternating for the trade are the unknowns about planted acreage and upcoming weather patterns. Corn planting has had delays, but farmers love to plant the crop and it will be unknown until the USDA 28 June Acreage report how much was switched to soybeans. Estimates for corn area range widely from 87 to 93 million acres. On the tails of that distribution are very low and very high price impacts. Or will it be more than the 86.5 million ac...

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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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