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COVID-19 Policy Updates: Payment Limits, Meat Plants, and Federal Contracts

Payment Limits: The COVID Food Assistance Program (CFAP) rule to provide direct payments to producers has been submitted by USDA to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for final review. That means it will be issued soon – though it was expected a couple of weeks ago. The one known aspect of the payments is that they will not be subject to the limits set by the 2018 farm bill of $125,000 per commodity or $250,000 per producer. It is not clear what the new caps will be, but they will be greater than the statutory caps that applied to the trade-related MFP payments. While Congress works on the next COVID-19 relief package, one of the proposals put forth would increase funding for the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to $68 milli...

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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.

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