Traders' domestic milling wheat bids in Ukraine kept growing, possibly due to rising export prices. Prices at the UBS ports prices continued to increase as processors had to purchase significant volumes of wheat to fulfill their export duties. Russian Grain Markets Market Trends: 1-5 August 2016 Milling wheat prices grew due to a deficit of high quality varieties on the Russian market. Meanwhile feed wheat and barley prices continued to drop as the offer was increasing. GEOGRAPHICALLY 3rd grade soft milling wheat prices rose in the South (+$0.20/MT), Central (+$0.50/MT) and Black Soil (+$1.20/MT), but they fell in Volga Valley (-$0.80/MT), Ural (-$2/MT) and Siberia (-$4/MT).4th grade milling wheat prices dropped in the South(-$0.20/MT)...
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.