Farmer Friendly Trump There is no industry hurt more by President Donald Trump than agriculture, and there is no modern president that has embraced agriculture more than President Donald Trump. That may seem like a contradiction, but it is true. He became president due to rural votes. The complaints he heard on the campaign trail involved opioid addiction more than farm income, but he did hear about untrusty foreign markets. His bull in the china closet approach to trade policy has had the harshest ramifications for American agriculture. Yet, he has mentioned farmers in speeches far more than his predecessors. The American Farm Bureau is the largest farm organization and it is lucky if a sitting president attends one of its annual c...
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.