Reasons to give TPP the Bronze Bronze is very durable, but it is an alloy rather than a pure metal like gold or silver. The TPP is a bronze standard agreement.. From U.S. Perspective, TPP is About Japan The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been oversold politically in the U.S. as a gateway to Asia, strategically the most important region of the world for trade. From the perspective of the U.S., however, the TPP is really about only Japan. TPP Positive for U.S. Soy Sector The U.S. soybean industry stands to gain significantly from TPP, particularly in Japan where tariffs on soyoil will be phased out in the future. TPP - The Importance of Realistic Expectations Future analysis may prove all of the anticipatory fanfare regarding the...
What You Need to Know Today: Corn and soybeans were under heavy selling pressure as weaker (or at least as-expected) export demand runs into an accelerating harvest pace with more grain available in the spot market. Corn and soybean harvest progress remains below average across the U.S., espec...
Key Takeaways: Brazil confirmed a Newcastle disease outbreak at a commercial turkey farm in Santa Catarina on 18 October, raising concerns about potential disruptions to poultry exports despite the outbreak being confined to a single facility thus far. Mexico and Malaysia have imposed nationwi...
Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
From WPI Consulting
Communicating importance of value-added products
Facing increasing pressure to quantify the value of export promotion efforts to investors, a U.S. industry organization retained WPI to develop a quantitative model that better communicated the importance of exports. The resulting model concluded that value-added meat exports contributed $0.45 cents per bushel to the price of corn, increasing support for that sector’s financial support of WPI’s client. In addition to serving the red meat industry with this type of analysis, WPI has generated similar deliverables for the U.S. soybean and poultry/egg industries.