State's Rise and Threat? The U.S. State Department hosted its first ever Global Business Conference this week. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared that she has made "Jobs Diplomacy" her top priority at State and that the Department will use its network of embassies around the world to promote U.S. exports and enforce trading rules. In short, economic strength and foreign policy are linked.Not so fast, say some old trade hands. At an American Enterprise Institute sponsored event today on the Obama Administration's proposed merger of some trade and economic agencies, Harvard Kennedy School of Government's Craig Van Grasstek noted how American priorities on trade through the years have evolved between commercial, fiscal (tariffs) an...
What You Need to Know Today: Declining crop conditions ratings and shaky results from the Pro Farmer crop tour sent grains sharply higher on Tuesday. The Pro Farmer tour in Ohio pegged the state yield at 180.18 BPA, about 5.5 BPA below the tour’s 2025 estimate. Similarly, the Pro Farmer...
Based on a Depression-era statute, President Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of exports to the U.S., or about 5.2 percent of the $383 billion worth of goods the U.S. imported from Canada in 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Of that total, about $39.3 billion was agricu...
Key Takeaways: Brazil’s growing role in global agriculture is accompanied by a major vulnerability: the country imports approximately 88 percent of its fertilizer needs. High natural gas costs and development challenges have limited domestic nitrogen and potash production despite Brazil&...
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.