Yesterday CIFUS reportedly sanctioned the proposed purchase of Syngenta by ChemChina. The acquisition is controversial and has sparked opposition from a wide range of agricultural and environmental groups.Yesterday the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CIFUS) reportedly sanctioned the proposed $43 billion purchase of Syngenta by the China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), which released the news. The company has invested approximately $60 billion over the past six years in acquisitions globally and wants to expand market coverage of Syngenta’s seeds and crop protection products. This would be the largest acquisition by China to date, and the deal must clear an anti-trust review in the U.S. as well as other count...
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...
From WPI Consulting
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.