SPREADS May crush trades lower to 57.98c/bu while oilshare trades to 38.47%. July/Dec bean inverse trades up to 1.79 1/4c but closes at 1.71c with a 1.69c low, with May/July trading from 18c to 15 1/4c. July/Dec meal inverse remains weak, trading down to $33.40 from $38.30. July/Dec corn congests from 52 1/2c to 58 1/2c, while May/July trades to 11 /2c from 13 1/4c. PALM OIL May up 142 ringgits ending at 3.883 ringgit/mt. The sharp rise in vegoil prices were attributed to attacks on Saudi oil installation facilities. NEWS The stock market is 50 pts lower with the passage of a stimulus bill factoring in all the good news, and the fear of rising interest rates is at work. The US dolla...
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...
From WPI Consulting
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.