After yesterday’s charge forward in soybeans and a lower close in the overnight, optimists on a trade deal with China again took over and brought another higher close that this time infected both the corn and wheat markets. As stated in Matt’s adjacent analysis, this seems overwrought, but ‘the market is bigger than you and me.’ Yesterday’s rallying cry from President Trump to “MAKE SOYBEANS, AND OTHER ROW CROPS, GREAT AGAIN!” coupled with his promise to make China’s refusal to buy U.S. soybeans a "major topic of discussion" late this month at the APEC summit in Korea is apparently enough to buoy multi-session optimism. Wall Street also keeps an optimistic position (see below). Of larger near-...
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.