U.S. cattle on feed totaled 11.6 million head on April 1, 2026, 1 percent below April 1, 2025. Placements in feedlots during March totaled 1.71 million head, 7 percent below 2025. Marketings of fed cattle during March totaled 1.63 million head, 6 percent below 2025. Other disappearance totaled 50,000 head during March, 9 percent below 2025. ...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
From WPI Consulting
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.