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Ilena Peng from Bloomberg has written about the expansion of U.S. cheese exports. Former French President Charles de Gaulle once noted that his country has hundreds of different cheeses and the U.S. had hundreds of different religions. But the U.S. has since become a major producer of many different types of cheese, has won numerous awards for their quality, and is now second to Europe in supplying the rest of the world with cheese. Global cheese demand is growing at nearly 6 percent CAGR and the U.S. is riding that wave.  Ms. Peng notes that American processors are building new plants across the country. U.S. cheese exports have increased each month over the past ten months despite a rising dollar. U.S. cheese exports increased 15 pe...

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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.

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