Having become confident that it has a good handle on total U.S. corn supplies for 2016/17, the market has already begun to switch its focus to the next two potential market-moving factors.According to USDA, some 61 percent of the huge U.S. 2016/17 corn crop was harvested as of 23 October, which is about in line with the five-year average. Except for some rain predicted for the Corn Belt later this week, the weather outlook calls for mostly dry, warm conditions until mid-November that should allow the corn harvest to easily wrap up. Essentially, weather conditions during the harvest have been about as favorable as they were through much of the growing season.USDA/NASS’s October estimate of the U.S. 2016/17 corn production is 15.057 billion b...
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.