It is the most basic of truisms to say that differences of opinion are required to make any market work successfully. The ups and downs of market prices reflect how those differences are weighted at any given point in time. Based on the price action of grain and soy futures markets over the past 12 months or so, there have been plenty of such differences reflected in the choppy price movements. If one could somehow remove the price impact of the South American drought -- which is impossible to do, of course -- it probably would not seem as though market price action reflected a gradually lower trend even though prices of grains and the soy complex chopped about in a rather wide price band.This is not to say that without the South American...
What You Need to Know Today: Cattle futures extended their sharp selloff Friday as weakening cash cattle prices, deteriorating feedlot profitability, and reduced packer demand continued to weigh on the market. The inability of futures to sustain a rally following last week's bullish Cattle on...
As predicted, the Federal Reserve held rates steady at the last meeting before the midterm elections, likely in part because of the election (see WPI 19 October and 22 September). The decision comes at the tail end of a midterm election cycle that has been marked by the two parties campaigning...
Key Takeaways: WPI’s new EU rapeseed crushing margin models point to weaker processing returns over the next four months due to higher rapeseed procurement costs and weaker product values. Statistical forecasts call for German crushing margins to decline from €181/MT to €...
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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.