Macroeconomic Trends Food Inflation Falls in August, Remains Above 10 Percent Following a 2.2 percent increase in July, food prices fell in August to an annualized growth rate of 11.2 percent. That marked the 13th consecutive month that the cost of food in China has risen year-on-year by 10 percent or more. Food prices have not had this level of sustained growth since the 2007/2008 period. Retail pork prices softened in August after a sharp run in July, as the average consumer price rose by 52.6 percent compared to August 2019. Other categories seeing significant upticks included vegetables with a growth of 11.7 percent, cooking oil up 6.4 percent, and dairy products rising 1.2 percent. In contrast, the average retail prices for fresh f...
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.