SPREADS March crush trades to 77.20c/bu while oilshare is 33.89%. July/Dec corn trades to a new contract high at 89 1/2c with May/July at ctr highs of 8c inverse. March/May wheat trades to 1c carry from 1/2c. July/Nov beans trades from 2.02 3/4c to 2.09c, while March/May trades from 2c inverse to 1 1/4c. March wheat/corn trades from 1.24c down to 1.12 1/4c. PALM OIL Public holiday NEWS Stocks are down 22 pts with jobless claims falling to 847,000, down 67K. The US economy shrank for the first time since the Great Recession after growing at a 4% rate last quarter. Crude trades to $53.03/barrel, while the US dollar trades to 90.86. CALLS Calls are as follows: beans: 8-10 higher meal: 1...
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.
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...