Biden’s Beef to Nowhere In 2005, members of the Alaska Congressional delegation tried to add funding equivalent in today’s inflation-adjusted dollars to $566 million. The purpose of the money was to build a bridge to an island with just 50 full-time residents ($11.32 million/person). It mockingly became known as the Bridge to Nowhere and was eventually pulled from the spending bill. As WPI’s Dave Juday wrote yesterday, there will be unintended consequences from President Biden’s current effort to create additional meat packing capacity in the U.S. The meat packing industry says the problem driving the large spread between cattle prices and cutout values is the shortage of labor. Industry spokesperson Sarah Little n...
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.