China Secures Agricultural Investments Overseas China Oil and Foodstuffs Co., (COFCO), the nation's largest food manufacturer, and New Hope Group, China's largest feed producer, recently visited UKR-LandFarming, the largest agriculture group in Ukraine. The parties met to discuss corn imports as well as growing corn in Ukraine to supply the domestic market in China.China's agricultural investment in Ukraine began in 2011, when the Chinese government signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with its Ukrainian counterpart on a $10 billion investment to establish production bases of grains, vegetables, fruit and livestock.Due to the concerns about securing a supply of grains and oil for the domestic market, China's Ministry of Agriculture (...
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...
From WPI Consulting
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.