2014 Agripalooza The market, government and technology development will all three conspire to change things in the agrifood sector in 2014. It will be exciting for some and disappointing for others. 2014 Outlook for the Global Soybean Sector The U.S. and global soybean sectors have enjoyed record demand and high prices in the last few years. The outlook for 2013/14 looks like it will also be a banner year, unless U.S. and South American soybean production exceeds global demand. Global Fertilizer Markets in 2014 In 2013, fertilizer prices had to deal with weaker global grain prices and abundant supply in all three major nutrients. Although supply growth is flattening, 2014 won’t be any different with very limited upside to current...
What You Need to Know Today: Harvest pressure in the U.S. sent corn and soybeans lower as supplies increased and there were signs USDA’s upward revisions to yields in the October WASDE could be close to right. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated over the weekend, with Ukrai...
Developer's Note 24 August 2026: WPI recently completed an exercise that updated the codebase for this app and solved some of the discrepancies between our five-year average calculation and USDA's. There are a few lingering cases where early (late) starts (finishes) to the crop cycle resu...
Argentina Sunflower Sunflower remains one of the most attractive crops in Argentina, supported by strong demand and favorable prices that currently offer some of the best projected production margins among summer crops. Planted area is estimated at 3.0-3.1 Mha, with around 42 percent already se...
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Forecasting developments in production agriculture
On behalf of a private U.S. agricultural technology provider, WPI’s team generated an econometric model to forecast the movement of concentrated corn production north and west from the traditional U.S. Corn Belt. WPI’s model has subsequently provided quantitative support to a multi-million-dollar investment into short-season corn variety development. WPI’s methodology included a series of interviews with regional grain elevators and seed consultants. Emphasizing outreach and communication with stakeholders who possess intimate sectoral knowledge – on-the-ground insights – is a regular component of WPI’s methodologies, made possible by WPI’s ever-growing network of industry contacts.