Soy Export Sales Highlights Last week was a good one for exporters of U.S. soybeans and a fairly good one for soymeal exporters, according to today’s USDA export sales report. Net sales of soybeans in the week ending 27 August totaled 88,100 MT for 2019/20 and 1,762,800 MT for shipment in 2020/21. The top sales for 2019/20 were China (83,300 MT), the Netherlands (69,600 MT), Germany (56,800 MT), Bangladesh (55,000 MT), and Japan (22,800 MT). Those sales and others were partially offset by reductions to unknown destinations of 212,000 MT. Sales for shipment in 2020/21 mostly were for China (1,010,000 MT), unknown destinations (526,000 MT), Vietnam (63,900 MT), Saudi Arabia (55,000 MT), and Taiwan (30,900 MT). Soybean exports las...
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.