General Comments The market seemed prepared for a day of profit taking today at the end of a much stronger week of trade than what most were looking for. Markets were steady to slightly lower overnight in very light trade. They opened steady this morning, but soybeans again took the lead and quickly traded higher. There was never much excitement today. Corn and soybean prices had a small flurry of buying that was reportedly caused by talk that a grain company had cut its 2011/12 U.S. soybean carryout projection all the way down below 200 million bushels. That would indeed have bullish implications. There was also more talk of potential labor issues in Argentina that could affect shipping.Financial markets were steady and the dollar was d...
What You Need to Know Today: Declining crop conditions ratings and shaky results from the Pro Farmer crop tour sent grains sharply higher on Tuesday. The Pro Farmer tour in Ohio pegged the state yield at 180.18 BPA, about 5.5 BPA below the tour’s 2025 estimate. Similarly, the Pro Farmer...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Egypt is the largest importer of Brazilian maize in the first six months of 2026. Egypt imported about 28.4 percent of maize exports, or about 1.7 million MT. Iran was the third-largest importer at 14.5 percent, or 900,000 MT, fol...
Based on a Depression-era statute, President Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of exports to the U.S., or about 5.2 percent of the $383 billion worth of goods the U.S. imported from Canada in 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Of that total, about $39.3 billion was agricu...
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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.