The Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries (ABIOVE) said its members have not yet secured agreement with Monsanto on a royalty collection procedure for the company's Intacta soybean event, although the company says it has reached an accord with 430 companies to receive and market the biotech bean. India's Oilseed Planted Area to be Lowest in 12 Years Reports out of India this week indicate the country's area planted to oilseeds (soybeans, peanuts and sunseed) this year likely will fall to only about 15–16 million hectares as a result of the delayed monsoon. That would be the smallest area since 14.4 million hectares in 2002. Last year India planted about 19.8 million hectares of the three oilseeds. The area planted to soybeans...
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.