USDA Preliminary 10-Year Baseline USDA issues a 10-year baseline report each year in February. This week, however, it released its early projections for the 2018-2027 report, which were based on a “composite of model results and judgment-based analyses” prepared during October and using the 9 November WASDE as the current year starting point. The baseline will be subject to revision by February, but some highlights of the early projections include the following: Beef production will expand 15 percent, and feeder calf prices will drop 27 percent. Pork production will increase 17 percent, and the national hog price will rise 3 percent. Broiler production will expand 12 percent, and the farm price for contract broilers will inc...
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.