Beating GI’s with EI’s Robert Bonnie is the new senior advisor for climate at USDA and his description of the agency’s approach to farmers and the Biden Administration’s green goals involved the softest of retail marketing. His 10-minute spiel included the following: New market opportunities, markets as climate change benefit, collaboration, partnership, incentives, voluntary, work for the bottom line, have a conversation, build tools, climate smart agriculture, build not compete with private sector investment, acceptable, measurable, resilience, de-risk, de-risk, de-risk, equity for Black farmers, etc. Farmers turned out in droves for Donald Trump when he promised to undue the Obama Administration’s burdens...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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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.