THE OPEN July beans: 46 lower July meal: 9.50 lower July soyoil: 340 lower July corn: 26 lower July wheat: 21 lower Prices opened lower as expected, hitting low end price targets before seeing some short-covering and stabilizing trade. Oilshare firmed again with spreads firming as well. End-users were noted taking advantage of this extreme weakness in order to get something covered. Many other soft commodities such as sugar were also lower. At 10:00 export inspections were as follows: beans: 128,092 mt vs. 239,384 mt week ago (vs. an expected 150-300,000 mt) wheat: 480,341 mt vs. 493,638 mt week ago (vs. an expected 275-500,000 mt) corn: 1,5...
What You Need to Know Today: Markets got a surprise with a corn yield of 181.2 bushels/acre in the October WASDE, above the average estimate of 177.6 bushels/acre and up from USDA’s September estimate of 178.5 bushels/acre. Although stronger demand is expected to absorb some of the addit...
Key Takeaways: On Friday afternoon, President Trump announced that Russia will “immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel” to the United States. The deal, typical of this administration, is light on details but promises an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 m...
The USDA has lowered its 2026 red meat production forecasts slightly while forecasting a slight increase in broiler production. Beef is now projected at 24.802 billion pounds, 75 million pounds less than in September. Cow slaughter is expected to be up; however, this will be offset by lower ste...
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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.