Food Inflation The Biden Administration has taken issue with the farm-to-retail spread, arguing it is proof that food companies are too concentrated and are “exploiting” the two ends of the value chain. As noted previously, the farm-to-retail spread has been growing for decades and is largely related to the increasing amount of value added along the value chain. The Administration best get used to the dynamic as Tosin Jack at Mintec notes that the increasing costs for everything from energy to packaging, to transportation, labor and even shipping containers means that inflation and the large farm-to-retail spread is not going away anytime soon. Starving Europeans As President Joe Biden sends the U.S. military to p...
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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.