Growing per capita incomes in India have led to changes in household food baskets and a tremendously increased demand for dairy products. The rapidly expanding dairy and milk product sector has been attracting much interest from private equity investors. Starch Sector Growth While the starch sector added capacity and companies expanded operations during the past two years, the value of starch has had a poor recovery. This was mainly because of input costs (high corn prices) and a general slowdown in the market, particularly textiles. The starch sector is roughly estimated to have an installed capacity of 12,500 tons per day (TPD) corn crush with a current capacity utilization of about 55 percent. Maharashtra is expected to have one n...
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.