Livestock Major Hog Producers Unveil Ambitious 2021 Goals One of the likely legacies of African Swine Fever (ASF) is the way it expedited a shift away from small farms to large integrated hog operations. When ASF hit, the process was already underway as a result of new environmental regulations for managing animal waste and addressing chronic water pollution. Led by President Xi Jinping and his dual strategy of improving the “ecological” profile of China’s livestock industry and alleviating rural poverty, production began to shift away from the densely populated southeastern areas of Guangdong and to the north and far western regions, which led to new high density farms in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. The mass culling a...
What You Need to Know Today: The corn and soybean markets closed slightly higher in low-volume trade. The wheat market was mixed, with HRW continuing its downward trek on improved moisture. As expected, the bearish cattle on feed report drove down cattle prices and pulled hogs down with it. Mi...
USDA’s monthly cattle on feed report was released today. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity amounted to 11.6 million head, 102 percent of last year. Source: USDA, WPI Placements were up, but part of that is attributable to persistent drought c...
Let’s return briefly to the fake meat hype cycle, now sitting somewhere in a dusty corner of your mind, not entirely forgotten. What happened to all those products, known as plant-based alternative proteins? They were supposed to be as good as real meat—cheaper, more environmentally...
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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.