Poultry Processing Sector's Expanding Scope India places about 55-60 million birds a week and is possibly the fifth-largest poultry meat producer, but its poultry processing sector still has a long way to go. Large fast food companies such as KFC (Yum! Brands) and McDonald's have set their sights on India and have projected to double their presence in the country in next four years. The biggest holdup is the reliable supply of safe processed chicken.By a rough estimate, the processing capacity in India is roughly 44,000 broilers per hour (BPH), plus another 40,000 BPH in small processing plants. Thus, the total processing capacity is 84,000 BPH, or 0.672 million broilers per day against a production of 7.8-8.2 million broilers per day. 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.