Transatlantic Merger Russia’s invasion of Ukraine said to have united NATO, but one U.S. diplomat says that transatlantic agricultural policy is also showing less animosity than in the past. Both the EU and U.S. believe in sustainability, food safety and food security. Their respective positions in Geneva are also not far apart. However, some in the U.S. farm community believe it is Farm to Fork that has strengthened transatlantic relations at the farmer level. They point to Dutch farmers protesting the Hague’s new restrictions on ammonia and nitrous oxide emissions, and its “honest message” that some farmers should leave the business. At the same time, German farm groups are also criticizing the new limits o...
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...
From WPI Consulting
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.