Farmers will have until midwinter to complete the update of base acres and make their one-time irrevocable decision on whether to enroll in the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program or the Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) program.Farmers can sign up for the new farm programs beginning Monday, 29 September, according to USDA. They will have until midwinter to complete the update of base acres and make their one-time irrevocable decision on whether to enroll in the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program or the Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) program. Under ARC, there are two options: a producer can enroll in either individual or county-based coverage. These are the programs that replaced the Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program (DCP) and the Average C...
The Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, at the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marmot and the Vancouver Island marmot. In 2009, it was decl...
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...
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.