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Mercosur Regional Analysis

Wheat At the start of the wheat campaign, everything was set for a bumper crop. Good prices, good soil moisture, and high investment in inputs (fertilizer, herbicide, etc.) were pointing to above-average yields. However, the weather did not cooperate during the growing season and the effects are starting to show. Now, the national yield is expected be be under 3 MT/ha, down from 3.21 MT/ha last year. The biggest challenge was mild drought over the country, but some regions were also damaged by hailstorms and extreme temperature fluctuations.   The crop is now at the point where real losses can be measured, and WPI will closely follow the trends and report the impacts on the Argentine wheat supply/demand situation. Bigger losses...

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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.

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