Moderate Soy Export Sales Last Week Today's USDA FAS export sales reports showed moderate soy export sales last week. Total soybean export sales for 2012/13 were 321,800 MT and sales for 2013/14 totaled 85,000 MT. The sales for shipment in the current marketing year included unknown (254,700 MT), Netherlands (95,600 MT), Spain (72,100 MT), Mexico (69,100 MT) and Indonesia (12,500 MT). The new sales were partially offset by the cancellation of 241,600 MT to China. Export shipments last week totaled 1,177,300 MT with the main destinations being China (753,900 MT), Netherlands (95,600 MT), Spain (72,100 MT), the United Kingdom (66,000 MT) and Egypt (62,700 MT).USDA today announced additional soybean sales for 2012/13 of 60,000 MT to China a...
Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Pakistan’s smaller wheat farmers have been holding protests to complain about the lack of a support price for wheat and the potential expansion of GMO crop production. They also want the reinstatement of PASSCO, the governme...
What You Need to Know Today: Harvest pressure in the U.S. sent corn and soybeans lower as supplies increased and there were signs USDA’s upward revisions to yields in the October WASDE could be close to right. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated over the weekend, with Ukrai...
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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.