There has been a spate of state and local regulations as well as proposed referenda on labeling of GM foods and crops. The hearing was intended to provide a basis for establishing the type of labeling claims that can be substantiated under current regulations and programs.The House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research held a hearing on USDA's marketing programs with the department's deputy administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) for Livestock Poultry and Seed programs, Craig Morris, who reviewed the Quality Systems Verification Programs (QSVP). These are user fee-funded, audit-based, third-party verification programs and services, which are available to the industry for submitti...
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.