Russian Grain Market: 15-20 August 2013 Harvesting Updates Grain and leguminous crops were harvested on 17.7 million hectares (3.4 million hectares less than as of the same date in 2012) as of 15 August. The volume of the grain produced was 49.5 MMT (3.7 MMT more than in 2012) with the average yield of 2.65 MT/hectare (2.03 MT/hectare in 2012). Specifically, wheat was harvested on 11.5 million hectares (34.7 MMT produced with the average yield of 3.01 MT/hectare), and barley was harvested on 3.8 million hectares (8.4 MMT produced, the average yield of 2.23 MT/hectare). Winter Crops Planting Begins According to the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, some regions of the Volga and Central Federal Districts continued planting winter crops...
Key Takeaways: WPI’s new EU rapeseed crushing margin models point to weaker processing returns over the next four months due to higher rapeseed procurement costs and weaker product values. Statistical forecasts call for German crushing margins to decline from €181/MT to €...
Key Takeaways: The tariff burden rose sharply in 2025 and 2026: the effective rate on imports in HTS Chapters 1–24 increased from 1.53 percent in 2024 to 6.11 percent in 2025, before averaging 5.68 percent in January–August 2026. Headline rates tell only part of the story: exemptio...
Markets are getting into the Halloween spirit, handing out more tricks than treats. There has been some encouraging news, but it hasn’t been enough to slow the broader slide. Now buyers need to show up with something other than another “Charlie Brown” rock for the bag. Somethi...
From WPI Consulting
Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.