Despite claims by U.S. Farm Bill critics like Senator Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) that the American food system is “broken,” Congress will not radicalize its policies during a global food security crisis. Just as the EU has backed off from near-term and stringent production restrictions in its F2F CAP reform effort, few American politicians will take the risk of making a bad situation worse. Farm bills are complex policy vehicles will hundreds of moving and interdependent parts. Even seemingly rational policy changes can radically shift the crops that are grown, or the budgetary limits assigned to them. The last major policy change, Freedom to Farm in the 1996 Farm Bill, became derisively known as Freedom to Fail and force...
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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.