It was another blowout kind of a day for the soy complex with grain futures attempting to follow. Once again, overnight trading and price action provided little forewarning of what lay ahead in the subsequent day session. General Comments Due to the Monday holiday, USDA’s weekly export sales report is delayed until Friday morning.It was another blowout kind of a day for the soy complex with grain futures attempting to follow with mixed success. Once again, overnight trading and price action provided little forewarning of what lay ahead in the subsequent day session. Soybeans finished overnight up about 7 cents, but they ended the day session with the July contract at $11.4425, a whopping 44.5 cents higher than yesterday’s close and very n...
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.