The U.S. House appears ready to move on legislation to correct a couple of unhelpful issues in the agriculture market. One bill would pre-empt state labeling requirements on GMOs, and another would end the country-of-origin labeling (COOL) requirement. TTIP's Wet Blanket EU Commissioner for Trade Anna Cecilia Malmström is in Washington this week for discussions on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Speaking today to a group of trade professionals, her hedges on a 21st century negotiating result left her cynical audience relatively flat. After being presented with the current scenario whereby Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have sucked up all of the political oxygen and next y...
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.