China has recently issued a series of policies to promote family farms that could also mean that the freedom to transfer and consolidate land will be established in rural areas, a process previously restricted by the government. China Promotes Family Farms China has issued a series of policies to promote family farms over the past month. The government published its first official document encouraging the development of such farms in early February. This was followed two weeks later by guidelines issued by the People's Bank of China (PBOC) that urges banks to grant longer-term loans at lower interest rates to family farms. China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) then called upon its local agricultural authorities at the beginning of March t...
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.