Noble Group to Build Soybean Crush Plant in Paraguay An official with a Paraguay industry group (CAPPRO) today said Noble Group plans to build a soybean crushing plant on a 60-hectare site at the river port of Villeta. The company will soon start operating a $16 million ship loading terminal at the site. Noble Group has not confirmed it intends to build the plant, but the CAPPRO official says it is planned.ADM is scheduled to begin operating its own soybean crushing plant in Villeta very soon, and Louis Dreyfus also is opening a crush plant. While the size of the Noble plant has not been indicated the industry group officials said that when the ADM, Noble and Louis Dreyfus plants are operating it will boost the country's annual soybean c...
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...
Unlike the 2022 fertilizer shock, today’s disruption is rooted less in rerouted trade flows and more in damaged production capacity, raw material constraints and uncertain recovery timelines. That makes this a longer-duration risk for U.S. agricultural producers and retailers who must sec...
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.