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Market Commentary: Soyoil Collapses on Global Vegoil Weakness; Dakota Rains Again Pressure Grains
Weaker technical conditions, limit-down soyoil, and more rains for the Dakotas conspired to push the CBOT sharply lower on Friday. Thursday’s WASDE should have been supportive for corn, but overnight rains in the northern Plains gave bulls pains. Today concludes the index fund roll, which...
RINs and Repeat of RFS Waivers
When it comes to biofuels policy and the White House, it is the same song but in a different key. The Biden White House is caught between two political base constituencies, environmentalists and labor. The groups are different than they were for the Trump Administration - agriculture and petrol...
THE OPEN July beans: 10 lower July meal: 1.10 lower July soyoil: 230 pts lower Julu corn: 9 lower July wheat: 7 1/2 lower The markets opened lower and continued to sell-off on weaker technical considerations, more rains across northern portions of the country...
GOOD MORNING, Prices started the night on a steady note but this morning will open lower. Sharply lower soyoil futures are pressuring beans, and prices will begin on key support points. The theme now seems to be liquidation for the day into the weekend, as the report is digested fro...
WPI's monthly publication features a review of the past month's market and policy analysis articles. This month we examine issues surrounding market demand for ethanol, pork, and poultry, as well as future issues impacting the agriculture sector and the politics surrounding them. You’ll a...
WPI's monthly publication features a review of the past month's market and policy analysis articles. This month we examine issues surrounding livestock, the sorghum market, the Biden Administration’s infrastructure plan and its impact on agriculture, the markets in China and the Mercosur...
