A variety of issues raised at a previous hearing with USDA Secretary Vilsack are expected to spill over into a more technical discussion with Under Secretary Kevin Concannon and FNS Administrator Audrey Rowe.The House Appropriations subcommittee on agriculture will hold a hearing tomorrow on nutrition programs. Testifying before the subcommittee will be Under Secretary Kevin Concannon, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Administrator Audrey Rowe and USDA Budget Officer Michael Young. As previously reported, a hearing with USDA Secretary Vilsack on 14 March turned into a nutrition program hearing during the question and answer session. At that hearing, Representative Tom Latham (R-Iowa) asserted that farmers in Iowa no longer believe USDA is o...
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.