Sustainability Cliff Charlie Mitchell of the New Republic complains that U.S. agriculture’s viewpoint of how to meet sustainability goals is to not change a thing. That is perhaps because the first hurdle of sustainability is profitability. The industry paid close attention to the USDA/ERS analysis of Europe’s Farm to Fork/Green Deal strategy and saw its potential 12 percent cut in production and an eye-dropping 16 percent drop in farm income. Canada’s Natural Climate Solution effort involves farmers talking to scientists and a modest C$185 million fund. Unresolved is the global conflict over concurrently achieving climate protection and food security. Same Old Policy Trade policy is something that hasn’t ch...
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Key Takeaways: The CME Group is launching new 90 percent Lean Beef and 50 percent Lean Beef futures and options contracts in July. There are five key factors that must be present in physical markets and futures contract specifications for futures contracts to become successful. The two l...
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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.