Rarely has there been a period of time in grain markets when one commodity has dominated the market action as soybeans recently have, both in terms of price and analysis.Rarely has there been a period of time in grain markets when one commodity has dominated the market action both in terms of price and analysis as soybeans recently have. A year ago, the outlook of the major three such crops (corn, wheat and soybeans) clearly appeared to be the most bearish for soybeans as it seemed that U.S. ending supplies could possibly triple in just one marketing year. South America was well on the way to producing record crops. Argentina was starting to put its political house in order with a new government beginning to work on inflation and currency i...
What You Need to Know Today: Harvest pressure in the U.S. sent corn and soybeans lower as supplies increased and there were signs USDA’s upward revisions to yields in the October WASDE could be close to right. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated over the weekend, with Ukrai...
Key Takeaways: India is excluding sugarcane juice, sugar syrup, and B-heavy molasses from its 2026/27 fuel ethanol procurement program to protect domestic sugar supplies, potentially shifting additional demand toward corn and rice. India’s corn consumption for ethanol has surged from jus...
Developer's Note 24 August 2026: WPI recently completed an exercise that updated the codebase for this app and solved some of the discrepancies between our five-year average calculation and USDA's. There are a few lingering cases where early (late) starts (finishes) to the crop cycle resu...
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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.