Tomorrow’s elections, for both the U.S. President and various Congressional seats, has strong implications on what will be accomplished during the coming lame-duck session. Several issues, including TPP and biodiesel tax credits, could be addressed...Whatever happens in tomorrow’s elections, Congress is scheduled to convene on 15 November for a lame duck session that will include all the old congressional players – Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan (Wisconsin), Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Kentucky) and President Obama.Looking forward to 2017 when the 115th session of Congress convenes, there will be a new President and WPI’s prediction is that it will most likely be Hillary Clinton. As of today, if polling in all 50...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
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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.