Livestock Live Hog Producers Cut Output as Prices Plummet With China’s leading hog producers reporting their monthly sales for August, the country’s domestic output appears to be trending downward heading into the fall. Muyuan Foods and Zhengbang Technology Company, the top two producers, cut their sales in August by 14.5 percent and 2.3 percent to 2.57 million head and 1.71 million head, respectively, as sales prices cratered. Aonong, the sixth leading producer, reduced output by 15.6 percent in August to 213,000 head. The combined sales for the top nine producers’ last month totaled 7.27 million head, down 209,000 head or 2.8 percent from July. Through the first eight months of 2021, these same producers h...
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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.