Today’s weekly export inspections report again showed very strong soybean exports for last week, but corn and wheat exports were also quite good. It’s difficult to know exactly what the total U.S. export capacity is, partly because it is so spread out and diverse. However, there are also several other factors.Today’s weekly export inspections report again showed very strong soybean exports for last week, but corn and wheat exports were also quite good. Total U.S. export inspections reached 3.367 MMT. Soybeans, of course, continue to be the export leader. Last week’s soybean loadouts totaled 1.837 MMT with 1.175 MMT destined to China. Of the volume to China, 582,000 MT were loaded out of the central Gulf and about 600,000 MT out of the Pacif...
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.