Age of Nuclear The shock to the fossil fuels market coupled with aspirations for a low emissions future has combined to give renewed impetus to nuclear power. There is growing realization that stopping nuclear and fossil and relying solely on the solar/wind/ biofuel/theoretical hydrogen paradigm is not going to end well. After all, Germany has already shut down half its nuclear reactors with the remaining three for lights out by the end of 2022. The result was an increase in greenhouse gases emissions. Germany released 762 million tons of carbon dioxide in 2021, an increase of 4.5 percent from the previous year. France gets more than 70 percent of its electricity from nuclear, and its carbon intensity was less than a quarter that of...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
On Friday, at 6:57 AM, President Donald Trump announced, via a social media post, a 90-day window during which up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef could be imported outside of tariff-rate quotas—a move aimed at bringing down costs for American consumers. This is the secon...
From WPI Consulting
Weighing in on strategic realignment
WPI’s team was retained by the governing board of a U.S. industry organization to review a decision, reached by vote, to invest significant assets into the development and management of an export trading company. WPI’s team conducted a formal review of this decision and concluded that the current level of market saturation would limit the benefits of the investment. Based on WPI’s analysis and recommended actions, the board subsequently reversed its decision and undertook a strategic planning effort to identify more impactful investments. On behalf of numerous clients, WPI has not only assisted in identifying strategic paths but also advised their implementation.