The failure to undertake infrastructure improvements is now burdening commerce in the U.S. the same way it does in Brazil. U.S. of Brazil During the Great Recession, U.S. politicians dreamed up fantastic ways to spend hundreds of billions of borrowed dollars under the pretense of stimulating the economy. One of the ideas included bullet trains, but it turns out what the economy really needs is more freight trains. The failure to undertake infrastructure improvements is now burdening commerce in the U.S. the same way it does in Brazil. The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has invited the BSNF and Canadian Pacific railroads to a hearing on 4 September and is demanding data dumps on grain car availability. Meanwhile, the Federal Maritime Co...
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.