Russian Grain Markets: 22-28 August 2012 GRAINS AND PRODUCTS Harvesting Updates According to the Russian Ag Ministry's Department of Crop Production, Russian farmers harvested grains and leguminous crops on 27.8 million hectares (62 percent of the target), producing 53.4 MMT (compared to 60.3 MMT this time last year) with an average yield of 1.92 MT/hectare (versus 2.63 MT/hectare in 2011). Market Updates Last week grain prices in the Siberian region decreased for the first time this summer under the influence of the new harvest grain. Prices continued to increase in Ural and Volga Valley.During the tender that took place on 25 August 2012, Egypt's GASC purchased 180,000 MT of the Russian and Romanian wheat with the deliveries schedu...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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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.