President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney recently outlined their stances on agriculture issues for the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF). This is as close to an actual debate on ag issues between the two party nominees as we're going to get. AFBF today released the official questionnaire it submitted. Here's a summary of the positions.If only the other responses were as fleshed out as the tax reform proposals -- but they aren't. There is still a lot of rhetoric and fluff in these responses, but it's not like the AFBF didn't try to pin down some specific answers to specific questions. The real issues impacted by the Administration are trade agreements and environmental regulations; the make-up of the next Congress will drive everything el...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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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.