Beef with Oil The Biden Administration dislikes the oil industry as much or more than Big Beef. After stating the goals of ending drilling on public lands, blocking some new pipelines and then watching fuel prices skyrocket, White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain talked about banning oil and gas exports. Notably, oil exports rose by 2 percent in 2021 and liquified natural gas by 12 percent. But U.S. beef exports were up 16 percent in volume and 39 percent in value. However, unlike oil and gas, beef exports would be covered under the Contract Sanctity provision enacted into law following the grain embargo against the Soviet Union. It would require the President to declare a national emergency to stop beef exports and require the honoring of a...
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.