Argentine soybean farmers are selling their crop at the slowest pace in 10 years as producers bet on the likely effects of libertarian President Javier Milei’s actions on commodity markets, including a weakening of the peso and potential tax relief. The sales are a quarter below where they were last year. The latest government data show that farmers in Argentina, the world's largest exporter of soybean oil and meal, have sold 8.4 MMT of 2024/25 soybeans as of 19 March, equivalent to 17.3 to 18.1 percent of the expected harvest. That marked the slowest pace since the 2014/15 season when 15.7 percent of the soy harvest was sold at this point. Producers are selling only what they need to cover their expenses. It's another year wher...
Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
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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.