Mar 25 Corn closed at $4.58/bushel, up $0.0025 from yesterday's close. Mar 25 Wheat closed at $5.425/bushel, up $0.02 from yesterday's close. Mar 25 Soybeans closed at $9.9725/bushel, down $0.005 from yesterday's close. Mar 25 Soymeal closed at $303.5/short ton, down $3.8 from yesterday's close. Mar 25 Soyoil closed at 41.25 cents/lb up 0.92 cents from yesterday's close. Feb 25 Live Cattle closed at $195.575/cwt up $0.375 from yesterday's close. Mar 25 Feeder Cattle closed at $267.925/cwt up $2.375 from yesterday's close. Feb 25 Lean Hogs closed at $79.175/cwt down $0.475 from yesterday's close. Feb 25 WTI Crude Oil closed at $74.47/barrel up $0.91 from yesterday's close. ...
Congress is moving forward with its FY 2027 spending bills, while also still working to address FY 2026 funding for the Department of Homeland Security, which is still in a shutdown. The House Agriculture-FDA Appropriations Subcommittee marked up and passed its FY 2027 bill. The House bill prov...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Tunisian researchers have been able to fully sequence the genomes of two local durum wheat types that have been grown in Tunisia for generations. They say that this “could be the key to developing more climate-resistant duru...
Update for 6 April 2025: Last year, users pointed out differences between the 5-year averages reported in this app and what USDA estimates in its weekly report. The difference exists because WPI calculates average based on the last 5 years of observations for the current week. In cases where ob...
From WPI Consulting
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.