Comical Trade Input: Many mainstream agricultural groups have submitted comments to U.S. trade negotiators on their desired objectives in the transatlantic and transpacific trade negotiations. They typically involve lower trade barriers, including tariff, nontariff and technical hurdles such as sanitary and phytosanitary restrictions. More populist farm groups have a terrible time squaring their appreciation for boosting exports, while simultaneously wanting protection against imports. For example, a submission by the ultra-light flyweight National Farmers Union (NFU) confusingly asserts that trade negotiations must level the playing field on everything from labor and environmental standards to currency manipulation, at the same time it s...
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.