India's Soymeal Exports Decline Sharply in February The Solvent Extractors Association of India today reported India's exports of soymeal in February this year totaled 329,180 MT. That was a decline of 39 percent from February 2011, when exports totaled 540,360 MT. India's exports of rapeseed meal in February this year declined to 79,932 MT from 147,655 MT in February 2011.Some press reports suggest the decline in India's soymeal exports is related to China's ban against imports of protein meals from India because it detected traces of malachite green in some shipments. However, this makes little sense since India only exported 139,000 MT of soymeal to China in all of CY 2011. However, the Chinese ban does help explain the decline in Ind...
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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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.