As China's per capita income has boomed, the dining habits of young professionals have changed dramatically. Consequently, demand for high quality flour has risen. Yet, there is trouble meeting this demand because of a few factors. Oilseeds Soymeal Inventories Fall Below 1 MMT On Low Utilization An uptick in idled crushing facilities and lower utilization rates across the board resulted in a sharp decrease in China’s estimated domestic soymeal inventories. They totaled 850,000 MT nationwide as of 12 August, down 180,000 MT (-17.47 percent) from the week before and 520,000 MT lower than the same week in 2015. This reflected the downward trend in all of the surveyed regions. In northeast and north China, inventories fell 19.71 percent to 9...
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.