Corn Argentina’s corn planting advanced 5 percentage points last week, reaching 29.9 percent of the projected national area. However, excess moisture continues to hinder fieldwork in central and western Buenos Aires provinces. As a result, early planting will likely fall short of initial plans, prompting many farmers to switch to late corn. In the core agricultural region, early planting is essentially complete. Nationally, early and late corn are now expected to account for 50 percent each of total planted area—slightly below last season, when early corn represented 55 percent, helping to avoid corn stunt disease issues in late crops. Even so, early planting remains above the five-year average of 45 percent. Argentina ret...
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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.