House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) today released his "Chairman's mark" budget. The House Budget Committee is scheduled to markup the resolution tomorrow. The proposal, once again called The Path to Prosperity, highlights some overall comparisons between the farm economy and the regular economy.According to the budget proposal, net farm income this year is forecast to be "modestly lower than last year's very high level, but would still be the third-highest inflation-adjusted income level recorded since 1980." Ryan's budget notes that the last decade has been kind to farmers, with the "top five earnings years for farmers in the last 35 years" occurring during this period. There are, however, "numerous overlapping gover...
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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.