Livestock NRDC Sets Meeting With Hog Industry to Discuss Market Stability China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) will hold a private meeting with hog industry representatives tomorrow in Beijing. This will include leadership from two industry associations and eight companies in the hog producing and meat processing sectors. The named companies include Muyuan Foodstuffs, Wens Group, New Hope Group, Tech-Bank Company, Shineway, Yurun, Jinluo, and Beijing Ershang Group. The impetus for this gathering with the NRDC clearly points to the strong recovery in live hog prices since June. From the third week in June through mid-July, the national live hog price skyrocketed by 26.8 percent. In some places, upticks were...
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.
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...