A study by Petr Havlik of the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis concludes that the lower nutritional value of grass means that livestock on that diet emit more climate-damaging methane than animals fed a mix that includes high quality grains. Close As It Gets Congressional Democrats are insisting that currency manipulation must be addressed in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. They initially claimed to be drafting Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation that would be different from the version co-written by then Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Montana). Now Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) says he and his colleagues will not put forward a bill until the Obama administration produces its...
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.