THE OPEN Jan beans: 11 lower Jan meal: 2.30 lower Jan soyoil: 60 lower March corn: 2 lower March wheat: 6 3/4 lower The market opened into weakness with more negative technical signals arising that led to a better round of long liquidation. Beans traded weaker than corn, as there have not been any signs of Chinese business. Rumors of cancellations are old news, but negative in terms of bean psychology. Macro markets leaned negative as well, with equities turning sharply lower and the US dollar trading to 2 ½-year lows. At 10:00 export inspections were released as follows: corn: 890,033 mt vs. 832,882 mt week ago (vs. an expected 850,000 mt) beans: 2,036,...
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.