Russian Grain Markets: 12-16 September 2022 As of 15 September, Russian Ministry of Agriculture reported the harvesting of grains and legumes produced 132.3 MMT versus 99.4 MMT a year ago, of which 96.4 MMT is wheat in bunker weight, 23 MMT is barley, and 780,800 MT is corn. These numbers are the weight collected from the field which require drying and conditioning. Rice harvesting is complete on 5,500 ha producing 35,000 MT (averaging 6.38 MT/ha). Soybeans were harvested from 261,500 ha producing 559,300 MT (averaging 2.14 MT/ha). Around 20 percent of Ukrainian territory has been occupied by Russia since February 2022 making it extremely difficult to keep track of purely Russian production and carryover versus production and carryo...
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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.