Told You So USDA’s ERS warned that the EU’s Green Deal Farm to Fork policy would lead to a decline in production but Brussels denied the negative impact and said it would have its own study. One was delivered to the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and it pretty much says the same thing: farm income will decline by 3 – 28 percent, and up to a 42 percent drop for farmers that stick to their conventional practices rather than adopting higher paying organic methods. Ignoring the fact that all farmers going organic will commoditize the market into lower returns, there are other report insights that will be noted by Europe’s competitors. In addition to farmers reducing the use of inputs, the report s...
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.