No Surprises in USDA Supply-Demand Report for Oilseeds There were no significant surprises in today's USDA supply-demand report for oilseeds. In fact, USDA did not make a single change in its forecasts for U.S. soybeans other than narrowing its price range forecast for soybeans. It kept the mid-point price forecast for soybeans at $11.70 per bushel and suggested it would have reduced the U.S. soybeans export forecast if not for its reduction in the South American crop.USDA reduced its forecast for Brazil's soybean crop from 74 MMT to 72 MMT. The forecast for Argentina was reduced from 50.5 MMT to 48 MMT and the forecast for Paraguay's soybean crop was reduced from 7.6 MMT to 6.4 MMT. All three are bit higher than most private estimates,...
What You Need to Know Today: Declining crop conditions ratings and shaky results from the Pro Farmer crop tour sent grains sharply higher on Tuesday. The Pro Farmer tour in Ohio pegged the state yield at 180.18 BPA, about 5.5 BPA below the tour’s 2025 estimate. Similarly, the Pro Farmer...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Egypt is the largest importer of Brazilian maize in the first six months of 2026. Egypt imported about 28.4 percent of maize exports, or about 1.7 million MT. Iran was the third-largest importer at 14.5 percent, or 900,000 MT, fol...
Based on a Depression-era statute, President Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of exports to the U.S., or about 5.2 percent of the $383 billion worth of goods the U.S. imported from Canada in 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Of that total, about $39.3 billion was agricu...
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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.