Historically, the U.S. has been the world's dominant producer of grains and oilseeds. As such, the U.S. was also by far the world's leading supplier of grains and oilseeds, mainly soybeans. In the last 15-20 years, however, U.S. dominance has been slipping as crop production in South America, Eastern Europe and Asia has increased much more rapidly than has been the case in the United States. For example, in the 2012/13 wheat year just finishing, the U.S. is the fourth-largest producer of wheat behind the EU, China and India. Combined, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan grow more wheat than does the United States.The U.S. is still the world's largest producer of corn. Even in the 2012/13 drought year, U.S. corn production was about 65 MMT more...
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.