Much the way Washington and Brussels help their respective main aircraft builders, Boeing and Airbus, the EU and the U.S. subsidize their respective agriculture sectors, albeit in very different ways.Much the way Washington and Brussels help their respective main aircraft builders, Boeing and Airbus, the EU and the U.S. subsidize their respective agriculture sectors, albeit in very different ways. In considering future changes to the Common Agricultural Policy, Europe’s farmers are asking for greater help in risk management (insurance and futures markets), more aid in the adoption of precision farming and less greening mandates such as Ecological Focus Areas. More than anything, they want simplification of the rules being imposed from Bruss...
What You Need to Know Today: Grain futures fell hard overnight after the USDA’s Crop Conditions report showed better-than-expected ratings for corn and soybeans, despite difficult weather last week. The Conditions report was even more bearish in light of meaningfully beneficial rains acr...
Key Takeaways: New Mexico’s Clean Transportation Fuel Program expands demand for low-carbon fuels and creates another market for renewable feedstocks, adding incremental pressure to already limited supplies of lower-carbon inputs. Growing competition for waste-based feedstocks such as an...
As WPI reported on 17 July, the recently passed budget reconciliation bill in the House Budget Committee includes $12 billion in emergency farm assistance. This would be the seventh of the past nine years with ad hoc farm payments (FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2022, FY2023, FY2024, and potentially...
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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.