China’s imports of DDGS were up nearly 20 percent in June but still down 75 percent compared to the first of last year. They should be higher based on the voracious feed demand from its livestock industry. However, there are constraints due to two main factors. Trade Strategy Both major U.S. presidential candidates argue that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is harmful to the country, and the pact has become a lightning rod with special interest groups projecting onto it whatever issues they care deeply about. A couple of favorite charges are that it will cause more food imports from countries with lower food safety standards and also encourage companies to relocate jobs to lower-wage countries. Since people react more to the risk of l...
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.