Government Meat Plants President Biden criticized the meat industry for what he termed “exploitation.” The term is a formal part of case law under antitrust and should have been the approach used by the Administration if that is what it believes. Instead, the White House has rejected the Washington Consensus of encouraging free markets and has adopted the Beijing Consensus of using state power to control economic sectors. This is not unusual in that western leaders have become more enthralled with China’s use of state power, adopting it to encourage domestic IT companies in Europe or urging companies to pay employees more regardless of productivity contributions in Japan. The problem is government’s tendency toward...
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.