The two factors driving farm financial health are farm income and borrowing costs. With farm real estate debt having increased substantially since 2008, that debt burden will carry over into 2014 and beyond.USDA released its December farm price index report yesterday. The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in December at 180 percent (based on 1990-1992=100) was a decline of four points (2.2 percent) from November. The Crop Index is six points (3.1 percent) lower and the Livestock Index is down one point (0.6 percent). Decreased marketing of corn, soybeans, cattle and calves more than offset increased monthly marketing of wheat, milk, broilers and cotton.The Prices Paid by Farmers index is down by one point fro...
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.