President Trump has issued an executive order that requires every agency adopting a new regulation to identify two existing ones to be eliminated. This could usher in an entirely new federal policy making process.President Trump issued an executive order on 30 January (one of 17 to date by our count), which would require that every new regulation be offset by the identification of two existing ones to be considered for elimination. Reducing federal government red tape has long been a priority of many politicians and is especially popular politics among Republicans, and the Trump White House is tapping into that. In December, the House Freedom Caucus issued a list of 228 regulations that it considered candidates for repeal in the first 100 d...
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...
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.