Last week, WPI covered some proposals that are being put forth to be included in the farm bill (see here). This week, an overview of where the farm bill timeline stands shows the biggest potential gum in the clockworks remains the budget costs, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Back on 9 May when the debt ceiling deal was being hammered out, WPI wrote: As WPI has commented several times, the farm bill is unlikely to move until there is a budget agreement, and a budget agreement, one way or another, is dependent on the debt ceiling resolution. If there is a resolution that could speed up the farm bill as some major issues are taken off the table, or, depending on what the budget package contains, it could extend the...
What You Need to Know Today: The hot, dry weather forecast continues to drive strength in grain futures with corn and soybeans hitting another day of strong gains. Monday’s Crop Progress and Conditions data were in line with market expectations and showed relatively few concerns for the...
Yesterday we wrote about the Q1 GDP numbers and the June employment reports in an article entitled Real GDP for Q1 Relying on AI Buildout, Held Back by Consumer Spending. That article mentioned that consumer spending had become a drag on GDP. Nonetheless, real GDP in Q1 was revised upward to 2...
Key Takeaways: The Middle East and North Africa's arid climate and limited water resources have created a structural dependence on imported wheat. Government wheat tenders in major importing countries serve as important benchmarks for global trade, providing insight into exporter competitivene...
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.