Zynismus German Finance Minister Christian Lindner urged the U.S. to apply “friendshoring” by giving American taxpayer EV subsidies to German automakers. Yet the German government has been criticized for its own narcissistic policies, first by defending Nordstream 2 despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, fighting some sanctions against Moscow, limiting support to Kiev, and then purchasing and subsidizing energy for its own citizens to the detriment of other EU member states. Germany’s traffic light coalition government pledged to meet its obligation of spending 2 percent of GDP on defense but then delayed that commitment for two more years, if ever. Fleischpreise German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir s...
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.