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China In-Country Analysis

Oilseeds Soymeal Inventory Falls Slightly as Feed Demand Holds Steady China’s soymeal market appears to have found a bottom at the start of May. Feed demand, driven by the poultry and aquaculture sectors, has pushed both cash and future prices gradually upward since the first week of this month. Still, the uncertainty regarding African swine fever (ASF) continues to play havoc with market prices for live pigs, and the direction for new investment is cloudy. The net result was a weekly decrease of just 3,800 MT (-0.6 percent) in China’s estimated nationwide soymeal inventory, bringing the total to 612,800 MT as of 24 May 2019 or 543,300 MT (-47.0 percent) less than the same week a year ago. At the regional level, those stocks i...

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Export Sales

Export Sales and Shipments for June 27-July 3, 2025 Wheat: Net sales of 567,800 metric tons (MT) for 2025/2026 were primarily for South Korea (90,000 MT), Japan (70,000 MT), Mexico (55,900 MT), Malaysia (55,000 MT), and the Philippines (54,400 MT) and were partly offset by reductions for the Do...

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Market Commentary: Mostly Higher Ahead of Tomorrow’s WASDE

Wheat spent the session mostly higher while corn, soybeans, and soymeal bounced around treading lower but eking out gains later in the action. Part of this was position squaring ahead of tomorrow’s July WASDE report by USDA. It will be a bull/bear square off with any surprise to the bulli...

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Summary of Futures

Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.165/bushel, up $0.01 from yesterday's close.  Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.545/bushel, up $0.075 from yesterday's close.  Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.1375/bushel, up $0.065 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $285.3/short ton, up $2.4 from ye...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Export Sales

Export Sales and Shipments for June 27-July 3, 2025 Wheat: Net sales of 567,800 metric tons (MT) for 2025/2026 were primarily for South Korea (90,000 MT), Japan (70,000 MT), Mexico (55,900 MT), Malaysia (55,000 MT), and the Philippines (54,400 MT) and were partly offset by reductions for the Do...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Mostly Higher Ahead of Tomorrow’s WASDE

Wheat spent the session mostly higher while corn, soybeans, and soymeal bounced around treading lower but eking out gains later in the action. Part of this was position squaring ahead of tomorrow’s July WASDE report by USDA. It will be a bull/bear square off with any surprise to the bulli...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.165/bushel, up $0.01 from yesterday's close.  Sep 25 Wheat closed at $5.545/bushel, up $0.075 from yesterday's close.  Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.1375/bushel, up $0.065 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $285.3/short ton, up $2.4 from ye...

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Livestock Roundup: Feds Sue California over Eggs

Yesterday, the federal government filed suit against California over Proposition 12’s effects on egg prices under the Egg Products Inspection Act of 1970, which sets standards to ensure eggs and egg products are properly labeled and packaged while preempting state law that imposes additio...

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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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