Ukraine's milling wheat prices continued to decrease on the domestic market during the week of 12-16 June, reflecting the end-of-season trend. However, export offer prices again remained at $179-181/MT FOB (3rd grade) and $178-180/MT FOB (4th grade). Russian Grain Markets: 12-16 June 2017 Market Trends Prices continued to fluctuate insignificantly in RUB expression and decrease slightly in USD expression. GEOGRAPHICALLY 3rd grade soft milling wheat prices kept dropping in the South (-$0.80/MT) and growing in Central, Black Soil and Siberia (+$0.20/MT) as well as Ural and Volga Valley (+$0.40-0.70/MT).4th grade soft milling wheat prices increased in Ural and Siberia (+$0.30/MT), Volga Valley and Black Soil (+$0.70/MT), and Central (+$1...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
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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.