It is entirely possible that Argentina's peso could decline 25 percent from the current official exchange rate by the end of 2015. If so, that country's grain sales could become extremely active in the January-February period.Improved weather prospects are enabling Brazilian farmers to plant their soybeans, but there generally seems to be a lack of interest in marketing activities because of a common expectation that future exchange rates will soon become even more advantageous. Of course there is always a potential danger that any common hope that turns into a uniform expectation can instead become a widespread disappointment. Nevertheless, current sales activities in the Brazilian soybean market are virtually nonexistent.Chinese buy...
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.