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Market Commentary: Soyoil Locks Limit Up Again; Wheat, Corn Fall; New Highs for Hogs

Soyoil remained the star of the CBOT on Monday and locked limit-up for the second day following the surprisingly bullish EPA RVO mandates released Friday. That carried soybeans and ICE canola futures higher – along with other vegoil markets – for the day, but soybean and soyoil were the only CBOT markets to see appreciable upside. Corn was lower on favorable weather for the Midwest while wheat fell due to sluggish exports and greater EU production hopes. Livestock futures regained their footing from the cattle market’s selloff on Friday, and all three markets settled higher to start the week. Hog futures scored new contract highs while cattle futures stayed a few dollars shy of their record highs.  Trading for the res...

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Market Commentary: Market Wiggles on Pro Farmer, Weather and Demand

Yesterday’s grain and oilseed rally extended, for the most part, today. While wheat led the complex upward yesterday, today’s higher volume trading corn and the soy complex gave the thrust in today’s session. Soymeal and the livestock complex took a breather today. The incomin...

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Export Sales

Export Sales and Shipments for August 8-14, 2025 Wheat: Net sales of 519,800 metric tons (MT) for 2025/2026 were down 28 percent from the previous week and 25 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 360,600 MT were up 6 percent from the previous week, but down 30 percent from...

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Summary of Futures

Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.1175/bushel, up $0.0775 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Wheat closed at $5.2975/bushel, up $0.015 from yesterday's close.  Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.56/bushel, up $0.2 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $294.2/short ton, down $3 from ye...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Market Wiggles on Pro Farmer, Weather and Demand

Yesterday’s grain and oilseed rally extended, for the most part, today. While wheat led the complex upward yesterday, today’s higher volume trading corn and the soy complex gave the thrust in today’s session. Soymeal and the livestock complex took a breather today. The incomin...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Export Sales

Export Sales and Shipments for August 8-14, 2025 Wheat: Net sales of 519,800 metric tons (MT) for 2025/2026 were down 28 percent from the previous week and 25 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 360,600 MT were up 6 percent from the previous week, but down 30 percent from...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.1175/bushel, up $0.0775 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Wheat closed at $5.2975/bushel, up $0.015 from yesterday's close.  Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.56/bushel, up $0.2 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $294.2/short ton, down $3 from ye...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Are Commodity Prices Ignoring Global Stocks?

WPI recently received a question from a client asking, in effect, if global crop prices have become immune – or at least less sensitive – to changes in global crop ending stocks. The reasoning offered was the perception that corn futures are becoming less responsive to declining glo...

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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.

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