Whenever problems become large enough or important enough to attract national attention -- or at least the attention of the national press -- politicians are quick to assign blame on whomever or whatever they can identify as the cause. The urgency to identify and blame the culprits expands in direct proportion to the enormity of the problem. So it was in the immediate wake of the financial crisis of 2008. When Lehman Brothers collapsed under the weight of holding bad positions in a variety of financial instruments, and for similar reasons AIG would have suffered the same fate except for government intervention, the political class quickly determined that most of Lehman's and AIG's losses came as a result of activities in unregulated, over...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Key Takeaways: Argentina is on pace for a record corn crop and record exports in the current marketing year, with abundant supplies likely to keep the country highly competitive in global export markets. Argentina’s record exportable surplus is allowing it to offer highly competitive pri...
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.