Corn During January, most of Argentina’s agricultural region received an average of 100 mm of rain, which helped to partly reverse several months of extreme drought. This gave a second life to late planted corn, which was planted late to avoid pollinating/kernel filling during late December and January. Those two months are typically times of high temperatures and low rainfall. Yield potential is affected throughout the crop but especially in the early crop. In the core agricultural region losses of up to 70 percent are predicted for the early corn and approximately 20 percent for late corn. The forecasts have changed and now no additional rains are expected for the next two weeks. It is important to maintain rainfall r...
The corn and soy complex closed higher, with the wheat market mixed, as winter wheat closed up but spring wheat and livestock ended lower. Part of the strength for corn and soybeans may have been a weather premium, as crop planting has started out fast but warm weather has been slow to develop...
Reflect for a moment on what you eat. There is a lot of advice out there in the ether about what you should eat, but really, what do you currently eat and how much? The good people at the USDA have some data for you, to help you answer that question. USDA says that we eat quite a bit of meat. L...
WPI recently completed an expansion of our methodology for estimating and forecasting U.S. and global soybean crushing margins. The new approach incorporates the energy market’s expanding influence on the oilseed sector and the structural changes in global biofuel demand. This report is i...
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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.