Sorghum Argentina’s sorghum planted area and production has steadily fallen since the 2011/12 campaign. The highest planted area was 1.27 Mha, which yielded a 4.4-MMT crop. Last year’s crop covered 0.52 Mha and produced 1.85 MMT. This year, it looks like the sorghum crop will be larger, with planted area estimated at 0.57 Mha. The driver behind the diminishing sorghum crop is that sorghum competes with corn for land in Argentina. Sorghum is usually priced at a discount to the corn market and there are only a few exporters that participate in the sorghum market, making marketing a challenge. Recent structural changes in the Argentine markets have benefited corn plantings, and both this year and next look very favorable fo...
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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.