Export Sales and Shipments for the week March 31 - April 6, 2023 Wheat: Net sales of 135,700 metric tons (MT) for 2022/2023 were down 30 percent from the previous week and 27 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 280,200 MT were up 42 percent from the previous week and unchanged from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Japan (66,600 MT), Thailand (57,900 MT), Vietnam (37,200 MT), Tunisia (28,500 MT), and Mexico (28,400 MT). Corn: Net sales of 527,700 MT for 2022/2023 were down 58 percent from the previous week and 68 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 917,000 MT were down 19 percent from the previous week and 15 percent from the prior 4-wee...
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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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.