Land Options: While the U.S. harvests cereals from about 35 percent of its arable land and Brazil crops grain and oilseeds on around 26 percent of its arable land, Japan is using 44 percent of its crop area. Yet Tokyo has the problem of nearly 10 percent of its arable land sitting idle. Some want to use it for industrial purposes, which may be its highest utility, but another option is land trading that enables scale-level parcels to be put together and farmed more efficiently.Aggies Win One: It is reported that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has conceded to agricultural interests in the Chesapeake Bay region to pursue continued monitoring of nutrient runoff into the estuary rather than promulgate a new regulation. The gov...
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...
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.