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Market Commentary

Active overnight trade pushed the CBOT higher with corn up 6.75 cents, soybeans up 7.75 cents and Chicago wheat up 8.5 cents before the morning session’s open. The catalyst for this was, of course, USDA’s confirmation yesterday afternoon that the current corn crop is the most delayed in history. The combination of that and a persistently wet forecast for the coming week was hardly good news for farmers or the market. The overnight session gave way to massive trade volume today that saw nearly the entire CBOT trade sharply higher early in the morning. The market’s early strength encouraged a large wave of farmer and fund selling that pushed prices off the day’s highs. The selling was so strong, in fact, that soybeans...

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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.

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