The FY 2020 spending package is complete. Yesterday, two appropriations bill were introduced in the House; combined, they contain all 12 regular appropriations bills. Both will be voted on in the House and Senate this week before the Friday deadline when the current continuing resolution expires. The two spending bills are broken down as follows: • First: Defense; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; Financial Services and General Government; and Homeland Security. • Second: Agriculture and FDA; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies; Energy and Water Development; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; Legislative Branch; Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Ag...
From WPI Consulting
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.