Politics and “Agro Dollar” Rumors In an environment plagued by rumors and uncertainty, Argentina has become a country where normal business operations are nearly impossible. The constant prospect of new announcements tends to paralyze markets. Ultimately, the announcements are delayed forcing operations to come to a halt. Currently, there's talk of an "agro dollar," which might or might not include soybeans, corn, sunflower, and barley. However, they are just rumors with no official announcements yet to be made. In all cases, the parties most impacted by the rumors and uncertainty are the farmers and intermediaries (mills or local customers of corn/soybeans). Farmers are always the most directly hit by market interventio...
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...
In agriculture and food processing, we think a lot about infrastructure: transportation and storage, processing and packaging, distribution and delivery. It is a physical system of roads, railroads, and rivers; concrete and steel storage; processing plants, warehouses, and machinery; and, event...
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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.