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Oilseed Highlights

It has been Vietnam’s rapidly increasing demand for pork, poultry meat and farm-raised fish that has driven the quick growth in demand for soymeal, corn and other feed ingredients. While domestic feed mills exist or are being constructed, a high volume of imports are essential. Big Increase in U.S. Soybean Export Inspections Market analysts queried by Reuters had expected USDA’s export inspections report to show a big jump in those of soybeans last week to a range of 350,000-550,000 MT. However, the actual amount was 700,715 MT with 410,042 MT or 58.5 percent of the total destined to China. This is evidence that exporters are in the process of loading a large share of that country’s unshipped soybean purchases on the books for 2015/16 wit...

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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.

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