As net agricultural exporting countries have worked to improve their access to foreign markets, the less competitive nations have increased their efforts to reverse the trend. Trade Creating Competitors As net agricultural exporting countries have worked to improve their access to foreign markets, the less competitive nations have increased their efforts to reverse the trend. China is urging its producers and agribusinesses to collaborate, merge and grow bigger. Like Brazil, it envisions controlling major international grain companies by 2020. By contrast, Japan’s goal is to copy the EU and instead dominate in high value/value-added food products. The question is whether Washington allows its once dominant farmers and agribusinesses to lo...
Key Takeaways: Dry bulk markets remain mixed with Capesize vessels seeing continued pressure from weaker demand while fixtures and rate strength gradually increases towards the smaller vessel classes. Tanker markets are pulling back from their recent highs as tonnage moves out of the Mid...
The Trump import plan for 300,000 MT of beef supplies used for ground beef, i.e., lean trim, from September through November has, according to Secretary Brooke Rollins, brought some relief to beef prices. The Executive Order states that the Secretary of Agriculture will analyze and review the m...
Key Takeaways: Texas illustrates the assumptions underlying the 2025 FMMO reform; Idaho exposes their limitations. The Southwest order blend (roughly 27 percent Class I, 32 percent Class III and 31 percent Class IV) exposes Texas producers to every lever USDA adjusted, with a near-neutral proj...
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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.