The chemical sector is an integral part of the Indian economy. Because of the country's fuel blending program, though, it must rely on imports for a large portion of one of its basic raw materials, ethanol. Thus, the Chemical Producers Association has requested certain action by GOI. Domestic Corn Prices Rise Slightly with Arrival of Imports 40,000 MT of Ukrainian corn arrived at Kandla in Gujarat on 23 February 2016, part of the first tender of 225,000 MT, but the vessel has not yet been cleared to discharge its cargo. This is because the Plant Quarantine Department (PPQ) wants an endorsement of the methyl bromide fumigation on the certificate issued by the phytosanitary department in the country of origin as clearly stated on the import...
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...
From WPI Consulting
Communicating importance of value-added products
Facing increasing pressure to quantify the value of export promotion efforts to investors, a U.S. industry organization retained WPI to develop a quantitative model that better communicated the importance of exports. The resulting model concluded that value-added meat exports contributed $0.45 cents per bushel to the price of corn, increasing support for that sector’s financial support of WPI’s client. In addition to serving the red meat industry with this type of analysis, WPI has generated similar deliverables for the U.S. soybean and poultry/egg industries.