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Indian Subcontinent Regional Analysis

Irrigation Infrastructure and New Technology Can Help Agriculture India has approximately 140 million hectares of net cultivated area (the gross area of 190 million hectares takes into account the fact that at least 50 million hectares are sown twice). Of that amount, about 76.77 million hectares of the net sown area are under rain-fed (un-irrigated) conditions. The state that has the largest amount of un-irrigated land is Maharashtra (14.1 million hectares), followed by Rajasthan (11.1 million hectares), Karnataka (7.01 million hectares), Gujarat (5.9 million hectares) and Andhra Pradesh (5.7 million hectares).On the other end of the spectrum, Punjab and Haryana, the cradle of the Green Revolution in the 1970s, are mostly irrigated, wit...

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Dec 25 Corn closed at $4.3/bushel, up $0.1025 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Wheat closed at $5.235/bushel, up $0.02 from yesterday's close.  Nov 25 Soybeans closed at $10.4625/bushel, up $0.1275 from yesterday's close.  Dec 25 Soymeal closed at $288.6/short ton, up $0.9 from ye...

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From WPI Consulting

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.

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