India to Retain Top Slot for Meat Exports According to the Agricultural and Processed Foods Export Development Authority (APEDA), the value of Indian meat products and exports, was $2.91 billion in 2011/12 and $3.29 billion in 2012/13, an increase of 13 percent. Exports of Indian beef/buffalo meat, carabao meat (carabeef) as it is called in the global parlance are going up steeply. In 2012, India's beef exports were 1.4 MMT and in 2013 they are expected to touch 1.7 MMT, as per USDA. Its earlier estimate was 2.1 MMT of exports in 2013. Exports of Indian buffalo meat in 2012 amounted to 25 percent of the world meat trade against only 8 percent share in 2009. In 2008, buffalo meat exports from India were 0.67 MMT and in 2013 are expected t...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Key Takeaways: Argentina is on pace for a record corn crop and record exports in the current marketing year, with abundant supplies likely to keep the country highly competitive in global export markets. Argentina’s record exportable surplus is allowing it to offer highly competitive pri...
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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.