While Russia's grain exports have substanially increased overall in the current marketing year, there have been other contrary changes in the volume of wheat and corn exports since the beginning of February compared with the same time frame in 2014. Russian Grain Market Planting Update As of 27 April 2015, spring crops were planted on over 7 million hectares (13.6 percent of the target) and included grain crops on 4.1 million hectares (13.2 percent of the target). Spring wheat was planted on 420,700 hectares (3.2 percent of the target), spring barley on 2.2 million hectares (27.3 percent of the target) and corn on 793,300 hectares (28.3 percent of the target). Market Trends: 20-24 April 2015 Wheat and corn prices continued to decline i...
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.