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Market Commentary: CBOT Rallies Despite Benign WASDE; Soyoil, Soybeans, Corn Post Technically Bullish Days

CBOT markets firmed heading into the April WASDE and continued their strength thereafter, despite a relatively benign USDA report. USDA stuck to its measured approach in estimating losses to South American soybean production as well as the Russia-Ukraine war. USDA’s policy is always to avoid forecasting policy changes and their impacts in the WASDE, and that approach has been extended to war impacts as well. The effect of this approach is that the agency’s Black Sea balance sheets are adjusting more slowly to the war’s impacts than are private estimates.  For the U.S., the April WASDE brought little changes to the major crop balance sheets, with 2021/22 corn ending stocks unchanged after offsetting adjustments to eth...

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Market Commentary: Energy Supports Soyoil, Soybeans; Weak Dollar Pushes Wheat Higher

Grain trade at the CBOT was mixed Tuesday with higher energy values supporting soyoil and soybeans while a weaker dollar and some commercial buying supported wheat futures. Corn was the laggard for the day as concerns about ethanol production in the U.S. during the two weeks of severe cold weig...

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Summary of Futures

Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.265/bushel, down $0.0175 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.2325/bushel, up $0.0075 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.6725/bushel, up $0.055 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $294/short ton, down $0.3 f...

Congressional Letter on Buy-Up Coverage Rule

USDA’s Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) published a new rule for crop insurance late last year, the Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP) rule that eliminates buy-up coverage for prevented planting policies. The rule proposes to: Increase premium subsidies from 5 to 10 crop...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Market Commentary: Energy Supports Soyoil, Soybeans; Weak Dollar Pushes Wheat Higher

Grain trade at the CBOT was mixed Tuesday with higher energy values supporting soyoil and soybeans while a weaker dollar and some commercial buying supported wheat futures. Corn was the laggard for the day as concerns about ethanol production in the U.S. during the two weeks of severe cold weig...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Summary of Futures

Mar 26 Corn closed at $4.265/bushel, down $0.0175 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Wheat closed at $5.2325/bushel, up $0.0075 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soybeans closed at $10.6725/bushel, up $0.055 from yesterday's close.  Mar 26 Soymeal closed at $294/short ton, down $0.3 f...

Congressional Letter on Buy-Up Coverage Rule

USDA’s Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) published a new rule for crop insurance late last year, the Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP) rule that eliminates buy-up coverage for prevented planting policies. The rule proposes to: Increase premium subsidies from 5 to 10 crop...

feed-grains soy-oilseeds wheat

Middle East, Mediterranean, and Africa Regional Analysis

Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Turkey’s barley imports in 2025/26 are forecasted to reach 1.7 MMT, up from only 150,000 MT in 2024/25. The increase is due to the expected 13 percent drought-related drop in barley production this year. Turkey’s impor...

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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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