The underlying fundamental issue with crop insurance is its actuarial soundness, and gaining higher levels of coverage through premium subsidies has been a key leveraging tool to bring more acres with better actuarial histories into the program.As commodity markets went on a multi-year bull run over the past few years, crop insurance costs grew accordingly, exceeding $8 billion. Together with the 2011 renegotiation of the Standard Reinsurance Agreement, this brought new attention to the federal crop insurance program and the various subsidies imbedded in it. While the agriculture sector rallied around crop insurance as the new, primary risk management tool in the last farm bill debate, outside factions that included budget hawk public...
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...
The Trump Administration is planning a suspension of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) on beef from all exporters for 200 days as a means to address high beef prices in the U.S. U.S. cattle and beef prices have increased based on exceptionally strong consumer demand, the smallest U.S. cattle herd in 75...
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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.