The old crop feed wheat and corn market in the Black Sea is much firmer because of slow farmer selling and short covering demand. This has impacted the inverse between old and new crop prices, which had been almost flat 10 days ago. Milling Wheat The Black Sea market is firmer due to slow farmer selling at the end of the campaign. Weather conditions are favorable for winter wheat development in Russia and Ukraine, and local analysts are revising their crop estimates upward.The EU allocated 712,000 MT of wheat export licenses last week, bringing the total to 24.5 MMT versus 27.1 MMT at the same time last year.The harvest has started in Egypt, and the GASC has begun buying wheat from farmers at prices much above the world market. Because it...
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.