In a recent House Committee on Agriculture hearing covering National Security and Agriculture, key witness Ambassador John Negroponte touched upon some of the more obvious issues such as the need for homeland security systems to protect U.S. food production.The House Committee on Agriculture held a hearing last week on National Security and Agriculture. It used to be said of the topic that, “An Army marches on its stomach,” alternatively attributed to Napoleon and Frederick the Great, but the Ag Committee’s hearing exposed a much more complex, nuanced integration of security and agriculture – including the geopolitical implications of food stability. One of the key witnesses was Ambassador John Negroponte, former Deputy Secretary of St...
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.