The CBOT continued its selloff on Friday and wheat and corn futures plunged lower in heavy volume trade. The catalyst for corn’s selloff was, of course, the USDA’s bearish Ag Outlook Forum balance sheet numbers, but wheat was seemingly pressured primarily by technical and short selling. CBOT wheat futures pushed to a new low and broke key support planes on its way to a 30-cent decline. Corn futures continue to pull away from their recent resistance but are trying to stabilize near $6.50. We’ll see if they are successful in that next week. Soybeans ended lower but were largely unaffected by the selling in corn, wheat, and the macroeconomic markets. Still, cracks are starting to show in that commodity’s higher trend as...
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.