The most shocking vote in recent history is over and efforts will begin to stitch together the Trump Administration. Other election news includes Washington state’s rejection of a carbon tax, despite Al Gore’s recent claim that 2016 was a “climate election”. Trump Transition Team The vote is over and now the staffing of a new government has begun with dozens of names being mentioned for various top positions in the upcoming Trump Administration. The longest list for a potential cabinet member is at USDA, where president-elect Trump had an agricultural advisory committee of 70 people. Most are governors, former governors, state-level secretaries of agriculture and others. The candidate had mentioned putting a farmer as the head of the Envi...
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.