A Good Week for U.S. Soy Exporters Today’s USDA/FAS export sales report indicated exporters of U.S. soybeans, soymeal, and soyoil had great success in the week ending 7 January. Sales of soybeans were high for this point in the marketing year and export sales of soymeal were a marketing year high. Soyoil exports were up sharply as well. Net soybean export sales for shipment in 2020/21 totaled 908,000 MT, an increase of 93 percent from the past four-week average. The top sales were for China (758,300 MT), Spain (143,000 MT), Mexico (98,100 MT), the Netherlands (85,500 MT), Pakistan (70,100 MT), and Germany (69,300 MT). Sales for shipment in 2021/22 totaled 326,000 MT with 260,000 MT for unknown destinations and 66,000 MT for China. S...
The corn and soy complex closed higher, with the wheat market mixed, as winter wheat closed up but spring wheat and livestock ended lower. Part of the strength for corn and soybeans may have been a weather premium, as crop planting has started out fast but warm weather has been slow to develop...
Real GDP grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2026, slightly below the consensus expectation of 2.3 percent but above the 0.5 percent growth in Q4 2025. The GDP number matches the average annualized pace of growth since the peak back in late 2007, right before the Financial P...
Reflect for a moment on what you eat. There is a lot of advice out there in the ether about what you should eat, but really, what do you currently eat and how much? The good people at the USDA have some data for you, to help you answer that question. USDA says that we eat quite a bit of meat. L...
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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.