The effort in Europe to label food for multiple societal purposes will eventually find its way to U.S. so policymakers in Washington should pay attention. There is the traditional battle over how best to convey nutrition information to inform consumers over how to eat better than they do. There is confusion over how best to do this. Back in 1992, U.S. policymakers settled on the curious approach of expressing a product's calories and nutrients at a level consumed by a middle-aged woman lest it over-recommend for that cohort. The idea of simply expressing calorie content and letting each individual figure out their overall caloric needs was rejected. There have been similar straight-forward metrics used in Europe, but others think a s...
What You Need to Know Today: The hot, dry weather forecast continues to drive strength in grain futures with corn and soybeans hitting another day of strong gains. Monday’s Crop Progress and Conditions data were in line with market expectations and showed relatively few concerns for the...
Yesterday we wrote about the Q1 GDP numbers and the June employment reports in an article entitled Real GDP for Q1 Relying on AI Buildout, Held Back by Consumer Spending. That article mentioned that consumer spending had become a drag on GDP. Nonetheless, real GDP in Q1 was revised upward to 2...
Key Takeaways: The Middle East and North Africa's arid climate and limited water resources have created a structural dependence on imported wheat. Government wheat tenders in major importing countries serve as important benchmarks for global trade, providing insight into exporter competitivene...
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.