Interested in trying Technical Perspectives or adding it to your company account? Email Matt Herrington at mherrington@agrilink.com for details. GOOD MORNING, This morning calls are higher across the board as overnight the Vice Foreign Minister of China indicated that the US/China have achieved progress on trade talks, and that any problem could be resolved as long as both sides respected each other. Beans are leading the way higher. In a new Reuters story, the headline reads, "China issues tariff-free quota for US bean purchases". The article went on to say that China held meetings Tuesday with major bean importers to issue tariff-free quotas for 10 mmt. The quota to import US beans was issue...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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.