Security Loses its Luster The incoming Biden Administration will find geopolitics more difficult to navigate. Hanns Mull of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs notes several conflicting transatlantic issues. Germany wants to continue relying on the U.S. for security while concurrently keeping China as its top economic partner. A Korber Foundation poll found 82 percent of Germans prefer neutrality between the globe’s two giants, with only 12 percent siding with the U.S. This informs as to why the EU is ignoring pushback from the U.S. over issues like China’s human rights violations and mercantilist economic practices by finalizing a trade and investment agreement with Beijing. Meanwhile, COVID trumps secu...
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.