Crude oil’s excitement of today did not spill over into grain or soy complex markets. Meanwhile, soybean export sales totaling 343,000 MT and the reports of more large-scale buying activity by China this week clearly show that price dips do bring in new demand. General Comments Reports from OPEC’s meeting in Algiers indicate that the cartel has decided to limit crude oil production in principle. However, this cap would apparently be set very close to the volume that OPEC members pumped during August, a level that would not appear likely to alleviate the global surplus. Nevertheless, this will be the first time since oil prices started to slide in 2014 that OPEC has decided to implement such a limit in an effort to prop up crude oil prices...
The corn and soy complex closed higher, with the wheat market mixed, as winter wheat closed up but spring wheat and livestock ended lower. Part of the strength for corn and soybeans may have been a weather premium, as crop planting has started out fast but warm weather has been slow to develop...
Real GDP grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2026, slightly below the consensus expectation of 2.3 percent but above the 0.5 percent growth in Q4 2025. The GDP number matches the average annualized pace of growth since the peak back in late 2007, right before the Financial P...
Reflect for a moment on what you eat. There is a lot of advice out there in the ether about what you should eat, but really, what do you currently eat and how much? The good people at the USDA have some data for you, to help you answer that question. USDA says that we eat quite a bit of meat. L...
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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.