THE OPEN November beans: 12 higher December meal: 3.00 higher December soyoil: 62 higher December corn: 3 higher December wheat: 10 higher The markets opened as expected building on gains as overnight price action and technical upside momentum suggested they would. Meal values remained tame as spreads once again featured buy soyoil/sell meal trade. Rising crude oil and palm underpins soyoil, while new reports of ASF in the Dominican Republic spurs worries about meal demand. Outside markets feature a fan-favorite return to a buy energies/sell the US dollar trade, with the currency trading at weekly lows, always supportive for Ag trade. The International Grains Council, (IGC), trim...
What You Need to Know Today: Record biofuel demand continues to support soyoil values, as EIA data show that May soyoil usage as a biofuel feedstock reached a record 1.434 billion pounds. The latest data reinforces the strength of renewable fuel demand and helps explain ongoing investment in a...
A bipartisan group of 26 lawmakers, led by Representative David Valadao (R-CA), sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and House Agriculture Committee Chair GT Thompson (R-Pennsylvania) requesting that $5 billion of the temporary economic assistance for farmers go toward spec...
Key Takeaways: Soyoil consumption as a biofuel feedstock climbed to a record 1.434 billion pounds in May, setting a new all-time monthly high. Improved 45Z policy clarity in February 2026 has supported stronger soyoil demand from the biofuel sector by providing producers with greater certainty...
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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.