Questions for Ms. Tai It is not clear yet whether the Republicans will win the U.S. House but if they do, there is likely to be greater inspection of the Biden Administration’s policies and ambitions. U.S. agriculture is greatly dependent on trade and frustrated with the current low ambition of the White House on expanding opportunities in foreign markets. Behind closed doors, the industry’s government relations representatives expect little to happen because trade unions are opposed to free trade agreements and they are a key constituency. If Republicans win the House (and/or the Senate), holding a hearing on trade policy should be a key U.S. agriculture objective. And some questions that they should want asked include the fol...
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...
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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.