After an approximate five-month delay, Congress has approved a $19 billion disaster bill that would cover in addition to other relief efforts, certain agricultural losses. The House passed the bill 354-58 yesterday (it failed the week before by one vote) and the Senate had passed it by a vote of 85-8 the previous week. The legislation provides $3.005 billion for crop and livestock losses due to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, wildfires and snowstorms during 2018 and 2019. Once funds are allocated for California, high Plains livestock, southern poultry and other crops, it is not clear how much will go to the corn sector (a great deal of which will be for corn in storage that was flooded). Note that corn was far cheaper at the ti...
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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.