General Comments When USDA reported that as of last Sunday 53 percent of the intended corn acreage had been planted, it provided a pretty clear signal to grain and soy market longs that cashing at least some of their gains would be a prudent move. So that is what they did. The selling began in the overnight e-session, and it continued during the day session, finally pressuring everything to lower closes. Everything except new crop soybeans, that is. They closed in robust fashion, comparatively speaking.Commercials report seeing a slight pickup in country marketing of nearby corn, but not enough to cool off the hot cash bids from exporters and ethanol producers. Even during down day the July/December corn inverse held above 90 cents.The p...
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.