Livestock MARA Assures Market Has Ample Hog Supply, Warns of Excess On October 28, China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) stated that current figures for reproductive sows, live hogs, and piglets have grown steadily. Based on surveys covering the past five months, dating back to May, the overall hog inventory has seen a strong build up and as such, live hog output is expected to meet the holiday demand here in December and through the Lunar New Year. At the same time, MARA urged regional bureaus to closely monitor changes in sow inventories in their geographical areas of responsibility and to utilize market stabilization tools in the form of loans, subsidies, and rentable land to ensure steady production. In keepin...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
On Friday, at 6:57 AM, President Donald Trump announced, via a social media post, a 90-day window during which up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef could be imported outside of tariff-rate quotas—a move aimed at bringing down costs for American consumers. This is the secon...
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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.