Livestock Chinese Live Hog Price Decline Accelerates After Holiday The fall optimism that emerged mid-summer with respect to the return of students to schools and universities has been dashed by lackluster sales and oversupply. The recently concluded Harvest Moon Festival is normally a time of celebrations with family, and generally, it will rank in the top two or three annual events behind the traditional lunar new year’s celebrations. This time, however, prices have continued to fall at a steady pace, as domestic output and imports remained at historically high levels in August. August survey data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) covering large commercial slaughterhouses sho...
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.