An increase in the MSP for pulses incentivized farmers to expand their plantings, and 2016/17 production is projected at a record 22.4 MMT. However, those farmers and GOI are now finding there are some repercussions. Effect of Higher Sugarcane FRP on Sugar Prices As India’s sugarcane farmers prepare to plant crops, the government of India (GO)I has provided an incentive. It has increased the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane 10.869 percent to Rs.2,550 ($39.23)/MT for 2017/18 (October-September) from Rs.2,300 ($35.384)/MT in 2016/17. This price will apply if the sugar recovery is 9.5 percent, and farmers will receive an additional Rs.28.60/MT for every 0.1 percent increase. If recovery is 10 percent, the FRP will be Rs.2,693 (...
What You Need to Know Today: China’s state-run COFCO, in statements on Tuesday, implied that U.S. corn exports were currently uneconomical but hinted that the Middle Kingdom would import 3.5 MMT of the feed grain this year, with 1 MMT likely sourced from the U.S. Another drone attack has...
Key Takeaways: While soybean, palm, sunflower, and rapeseed oils dominate global vegetable oil markets, premium oils such as olive, avocado, coconut, and sesame command substantially higher prices due to their distinctive flavors, nutritional characteristics, and specialized culinary uses.. Ol...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Egypt’s Ministry of Supply reports that it will begin the sale of imported wheat through the Egyptian Mercantile Exchange. Sales are expected to be mainly to private-sector flour mills and are intended to stabilize wheat and...
From WPI Consulting
Communicating importance of value-added products
Facing increasing pressure to quantify the value of export promotion efforts to investors, a U.S. industry organization retained WPI to develop a quantitative model that better communicated the importance of exports. The resulting model concluded that value-added meat exports contributed $0.45 cents per bushel to the price of corn, increasing support for that sector’s financial support of WPI’s client. In addition to serving the red meat industry with this type of analysis, WPI has generated similar deliverables for the U.S. soybean and poultry/egg industries.