The City of Lights is glowing green this week, but environmentalists are charging that corporate sponsors of the UN conference on global climate change in Paris are merely “greenwashing” their reputations. Greenwashing in Paris The City of Lights is glowing green this week, but environmentalists are charging that corporate sponsors of the UN conference on global climate change in Paris are merely “greenwashing” their reputations. Actually, the real greenwashing is being done by the politicians. Developing countries, led by India, are demanding that the richer nations bear all of the burden of greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions at the same time they donate $100 billion per year for adjustments by other countries. The leaders of the major poll...
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...
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.