Opposite Ways on Biotech: One of the U.S. goals in the upcoming EU-U.S. trade and investment agreement negotiations reportedly is to get Brussels to work more expeditiously on events approved by European Food Safety Authority. Their prospects do not look very good. Twenty of the EU's 27 members voted this week to go the opposite way and increase the mandatory testing period of biotech food and feed on rats from 17 days to 90 days. This is despite an EU policy to reduce the amount of animal testing whenever possible, and the lack of evidence that the 17 days of testing has failed in any way. The infamous French Seralini test of biotech maize on rats was a two-year-long test, but it was hugely flawed in structure.Opposite Ways on Biofuel: B...
Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
What You Need to Know Today: Harvest pressure in the U.S. sent corn and soybeans lower as supplies increased and there were signs USDA’s upward revisions to yields in the October WASDE could be close to right. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated over the weekend, with Ukrai...
Key Takeaways: India is excluding sugarcane juice, sugar syrup, and B-heavy molasses from its 2026/27 fuel ethanol procurement program to protect domestic sugar supplies, potentially shifting additional demand toward corn and rice. India’s corn consumption for ethanol has surged from jus...
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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.