Trump Triangulates As one U.S. trade policy official described the situation, it is Alice in Wonderland, where up is down and small is big – a real fantasy. Republicans voted for a large increase in domestic spending that violates their once sacred Budget Control Act, and congressional Democrats are said to be warm to embracing a renegotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade agreement they roundly criticized in the 2016 election. Both parties have seen a hemorrhaging of free traders in recent years, but now Capitol Hill is said to be brimming with NAFTA supporters. This sudden nostalgia is evidence for the saying that you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone. Donald Trump stole the Democrats’ tru...
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.