We have no doubt that the CME futures markets attract a greater diversity of commercial and speculative traders from around the world than any other agricultural futures market.The CME's grain and soybean futures contracts are no longer the volume leaders among the world's agricultural futures contracts, at least based on the number of contracts being traded. However, the CME corn, wheat and soybean markets are by far the most closely watched by everyone in the world with an interest in whatever those commodity prices are doing. Electronic trading and extended trading hours have eased worldwide access to these markets that serve as the world's source for price discovery. Although we are not aware of any way of tracking this statistically, w...
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...
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.