The market felt like wheat again became the short leg of the corn and soybean markets. If you don't trust a rally, you sell something else against it. General Comments Markets were weak overnight in anticipation of a bearish series of USDA reports. That weakness accelerated and trading volume was extremely light ahead of the 12 PM reports, pushing corn and wheat down more than 15 cents and soybeans down more than a dime. The USDA reports (detailed in a separate analysis) were obviously much more positive than expected, and markets staged major reversals that held through the close and came on very large trading volume following the reports' release.In brief, the 1 March corn stocks number and the corn planting intentions estimate were bot...
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...
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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.