The Labor Day holiday marks the unofficial end of summer in the U.S. with schools reopening, the football season underway, Congress returning to Washington, and fall harvests already beginning in southern production areas. This fall promises to be very active from almost any perspective. Macro factors include the booming U.S. economy versus the economic woes among developing economies; the bullish, volatile oil market; U.S. politics and the midterm election in November; and multiple trade conflicts. More directly related to grain and soy markets will be the course of the U.S. corn and soybean harvests; the tightening world wheat and corn balances; Northern Hemisphere winter wheat planting; spring planting in South America; and the ongoing d...
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.