Politicians blamed Covid and now Putin for the crisis in food and energy, but they have been just as complicit in the ongoing shortfalls. All industries, including agrifood, are hurt by the energy crisis. Putin is simply exploiting a situation caused by Washington and Brussels as they falsely assumed that withdrawing support for fossil fuels was essential to rowing the clean energy sector. There would still be inflation in energy without the Ukraine problem. Now the same leaders talk about capping or taxing “excessive” profits, which means creating a disincentive to more output. The food versus fuel debate that erupted during the last bull market in agricultural commodities is going to return with the growing incentives f...
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.