USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced at last $2.1 billion for various programs under a “Framework for Shoring Up the Food Supply Chain and Transforming the Food System to Be Fairer, More Competitive, More Resilient.” In many respects, it is a repeat of the Secretary’s policy focus during his tenure in the Obama Administration. Foodie Michael Pollan had credited the Obama Administration for recognizing “the need to reform industrial agriculture and stand up to Big Food.” That effort largely failed and so now the goal is to subsidize “farmers to process locally, sell locally…” except this is similar to the Secretary’s “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food” effort in the Obam...
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.