Revolutionizing EU Agriculture The European Public Heath Alliance says agricultural support and promotion should end its focus on competitiveness and instead align with the health and sustainability goals of the Farm to Fork and European Green Deal initiatives. If adopted, this will upset the economics of many nutrient-dense foods considered Europe’s cultural heritage. Meanwhile, as Europe’s livestock producers fight to block a trade agreement with Mercosur and disparage U.S. production techniques in order to protect themselves from competition, some European Parliamentarians are proposing language that would enable plant-based protein products to use meat labeling terms currently reserved for animal-based proteins. France has...
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...
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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.