General Comments Grain and oilseed markets traded both sides of unchanged in the Thursday evening session, with little follow-through selling noted after yesterday's collapse in corn and, to a lesser extent, soybeans and wheat. There was also little buying around the market. It is Friday the 13th (for the superstitious among us) and we also have a three-day holiday weekend ahead. Markets will not re-open until the Monday evening trading session.Asian financial markets finished the week higher, but another rumor of impending European ratings downgrades by the S&P collapsed the Euro, rallied the dollar, and turned European and U.S. financial markets lower. Crude oil also lost ground. France will apparently be downgraded from AAA and ot...
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.