Agricultural markets followed the financial and energy markets lower overnight and early today, but we started to see some significant separation once today's session started trading. General Comments The people of Greece voted against the required austerity measures, which sent world financial markets sharply lower overnight. The only market that avoided the collapse was China, and that was because the government there took a number of steps to bolster the country's economy. U.S. markets traded back to unchanged this morning, but they gradually lost ground and were significantly lower at the close.Agricultural markets followed the financial and energy markets lower overnight and early today, but we started to see some significant separat...
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.