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Ag Review: Not Your Grandfather's Farm Bill

Swimming Around for Profits

All proteins are in demand, but aquaculture holds a unique and very bright future in global markets.

Growth Areas for Global Oilseed Production

Global demand for oilseeds has been outpacing demand for other major field crops because of greater global economic growth and rising demand for animal protein and vegetable oils. It appears there will be continued demand growth in the future and a need for expanded production.

Not Your Grandfather’s Farm Bill

Over the years farm bills have emphasized different objectives, from securing the U.S. national food supply to promoting trade, conservation, renewable energy, rural investment and now jobs.

Agriculture’s Changing Market Structure

Food and agricultural companies have found that one of the best ways to avoid volatility is to vertically integrate and/or use contract pricing. Agricultural producers who plan in accordance with impending structural changes may have an opportunity to grow tremendously in their scales of production.

Insider Trading and Commodity Markets

Every commercial entity -- no matter what sort of business it is involved with -- seeks all of the information it can to help it make decisions. Government agencies responsible for regulating markets are on the lookout for so-called insider trading.

Commodity Market Review

For grain and soy futures markets, much of the month of May featured a duel between perceptions of very tight U.S. supplies of old crop 2012/13 corn and soybeans versus assumptions that the 2013 crops of corn and soybeans harvested this fall would be huge -- and probably record setting.

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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.

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