Oilseeds Soymeal Inventory Climbs Again as Pig Prices Fall Further China’s estimated nationwide soymeal inventory reached just under 800,000 MT as of 16 March 2018, rising 92,000 MT (+13 percent) from the previous week and up 26,600 MT (+3.4 percent) versus the same week last year. At the regional level, meal stocks increased across all regions except for the decline of 11,400 MT (-24.1 percent) to 36,000 MT in the North. The overhang of surplus pig inventories, which in most years would have been sold out by the end of China’s Lunar holiday, has continued into mid-March. The net effect has pushed down demand and reset soymeal prices. At the same time, live pig prices across China continue to contract with the average falling...
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.