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PM Post - Meal Drags

THE OPEN Nov beans:  5 higher Dec meal:  .50 lower Dec soyoil:  35 higher Dec corn:  1 higher Dec wheat:  1 higher The markets opened as called with further strength as traders lifted shorts in beans on the back of a continuing strong soyoil performance.  Grains were followers at first but more selling showed in wheat which turned mixed on the day. SOY The key feature in the soy complex was that of continuing higher soyoil prices and oilshare.  December meal prices dropped to a new trading range low of $318.00 as traders continue to buy soyoil/sell meal.  December oilshare trades to 49.27% with crush at 1.24c/bu.  Margins are still very good for crush.  November bean prices respond i...

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Market Commentary: Mixed Day but a Hot CoF Report After the Close

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Cattle on Feed

USDA released the monthly Cattle on Feed report today. The total inventory in feedlots of 1,000 head or more capacity is 11.6 million head, 98 percent of last year.   Placements were 1.55 million head, 82 percent of last year, and marketings at 1.74 million head were 91 percent of Fe...

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Summary of Futures

May 25 Corn closed at $4.6425/bushel, down $0.0475 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Wheat closed at $5.5825/bushel, up $0.01 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soybeans closed at $10.0975/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soymeal closed at $300.3/short ton, up $3.2...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Mixed Day but a Hot CoF Report After the Close

The fundamentals are unchanged but there is a cloud overhead due to the impending tariff war and the headwinds that portends. So, the market today and all week is a matter of treading water until more definitive cues emerge. In fact, today was so mixed that soybeans and soyoil fell even as typi...

livestock

Cattle on Feed

USDA released the monthly Cattle on Feed report today. The total inventory in feedlots of 1,000 head or more capacity is 11.6 million head, 98 percent of last year.   Placements were 1.55 million head, 82 percent of last year, and marketings at 1.74 million head were 91 percent of Fe...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

May 25 Corn closed at $4.6425/bushel, down $0.0475 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Wheat closed at $5.5825/bushel, up $0.01 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soybeans closed at $10.0975/bushel, down $0.0325 from yesterday's close.  May 25 Soymeal closed at $300.3/short ton, up $3.2...

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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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