Wrong Subsidies Green groups remind us constantly that small, extensive agriculture is better for the environment than are large “corporate” farms only concerned about efficiency and profits. They campaign to eliminate the subsidies received by large farms and instead to focus on small operations. Thus, it seems awkward that at the COP26 meeting in Glasgow this week that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced it would allocate $315 million to support smallholder farms as they adapt to climate change. If smallholder farms are the climate solution, why not spend the money converting large farms into several small ones? Net-Zero The focus at the COP26 meeting involved national commitments to achieving net-zero emissions...
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.