Agricultural Product Logistics Continuing Growth Despite Logistic Sector Slowdown The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) recently reported that the growth of the overall logistics sector slowed down during January-May with a 9.2 percent increase, down 0.8 percent year-on-year. Despite the growth slowdown in that sector, agricultural product logistics continued to grow 3.4 percent, up 0.5 percent year-on-year. This area has experienced enormous growth in recent years, but there are still problems to address, including high costs, low efficiency, low socialization and marketability degrees, old logistics facilities and technology, a lack of talented persons, impeded information, etc. Chinese consumers' increased consumptio...
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.