Thailand's energy minister announced today that the government plans to change the current biodiesel blending requirement on 15 April in an effort to address the country's palm oil supplies and demand. Few Changes in USDA's Soy Supply and Distribution Forecasts In today's WASDE report, USDA made very few changes to its U.S. and global soy supply and distribution forecasts for the current year. Domestically, it reduced soybean ending stocks on 31 August 2015 from 385 million bushels to 370 million bushels by raising the usage for seed by 6 million bushels and the residual by 14 million bushels. The domestic soybean crush and soybean export forecasts were unchanged.On the international side, USDA raised its estimate for Argentina's 20...
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.