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Cattle on Feed

• U.S. Cattle on Feed (in feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head) totaled 11.8 million head on April 1, 2024 and was 1 percent above April 1, 2023. • Placements in feedlots during March totaled 1.75 million head, 12 percent below 2023. • Marketings of fed cattle during March totaled 1.71 million head, 14 percent below 2023. • Other disappearances totaled 57,000 head during March, 8 percent above 2023.  ...

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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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