According to the majority leader's calendar, the House will start votes Tuesday evening in order to dispose of a number of items before moving to the nutrition title of the farm bill on Wednesday or Thursday. However, one of the bills in line for a vote on Tuesday, under a suspension of the rules, will be a proposal by Representative Michael Conaway (R-Texas) that is intended to mandate a cost-benefit analysis of any and all new regulations by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Under the proposal, the Commodities Exchange Act is revised to compel the CFTC to consider the costs and benefits of any action it takes, including prior to promulgating a regulation or issuing an order. The cost-benefit analysis is to be performed in...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Unlike the 2022 fertilizer shock, today’s disruption is rooted less in rerouted trade flows and more in damaged production capacity, raw material constraints and uncertain recovery timelines. That makes this a longer-duration risk for U.S. agricultural producers and retailers who must sec...
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.