Argentine farmer are heading into the corn planting season, and expectations are that more acreage will be planted early as this past year's strategy of doing it later did not work out well. Argentina's Possible Return to Early Corn Next Season Argentine farmer are heading into the corn planting season, and expectations are that more acreage will be planted early as this past year's strategy of doing it later did not work out well, although the tactic made sense on paper. The later planting this past season was adopted to avoid the risks associated with corn pollination occurring during the hot weather in January. That strategy actually did prove to be an agronomic success. Economically, however, it was ineffective in generating greater r...
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.