Ineffective Aid U.S. Agency for International Development official Nancy Lindborg says the Sahel region of Africa is in the midst of long-term drought and the agency has provided $350 million this year to aid the area. Meanwhile, the Center for Global Development has issued an assessment of the quality of aid given by donors to the agriculture sector in poor countries. The first hurdle in the effort was apparently poor or unavailable data.Although donor pledges for agricultural assistance doubled to over $8 billion in 2010, just 5.1 percent of Official Development Assistance goes to agriculture (4.6 percent for the U.S.); nearly 60 percent of aid goes to social services and economic infrastructure. Ireland scores highest for maximizing t...
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.