China claims that its pig herd is now down 20 percent from before ASF decimated its stock, but USDA places the country's pork production down 33 percent. Pork meat imports over that same period are up 193 percent. China is subsidizing pig farmers both large and small, but it doesn’t help when domestic corn prices are the equivalent of $9.00/bushel, roughly 144 percent higher than the price faced by U.S. farmers. If China needed role models for how to expand, it might look to other large producers that have been expanding rapidly. In four years, Russia’s pork production has expanded by 17 percent, Mexico’s by 16 percent, and the U.S. by 11 percent. Granted, these are expansions from a much smaller base than China&rsq...
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.