The All India Poultry Exporters Association wants the government to either ban the importation of chicken meat produced with biotech feed ingredients or allow Indian farmers to plant the more productive biotech soybeans and corn. Soy Export Tax Rebate for Northern Argentina Likely to Have Little Impact The Argentine government’s recent announcement that the 30 percent export tax on soybeans would not be reduced also included a plan to grant a 5 percent export rebate to farmers in 10 northern states, which is intended to be compensation for their higher transportation cost. While some have opined that this will strongly encourage farmers there to expand their soybean plantings in 2016, analysts are now saying it will likely have little imp...
What You Need to Know Today: Grain futures fell hard overnight after the USDA’s Crop Conditions report showed better-than-expected ratings for corn and soybeans, despite difficult weather last week. The Conditions report was even more bearish in light of meaningfully beneficial rains acr...
Key Takeaways: New Mexico’s Clean Transportation Fuel Program expands demand for low-carbon fuels and creates another market for renewable feedstocks, adding incremental pressure to already limited supplies of lower-carbon inputs. Growing competition for waste-based feedstocks such as an...
As WPI reported on 17 July, the recently passed budget reconciliation bill in the House Budget Committee includes $12 billion in emergency farm assistance. This would be the seventh of the past nine years with ad hoc farm payments (FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2022, FY2023, FY2024, and potentially...
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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.