In a rare bipartisan move, the House of Representatives passed the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act last week by a vote of 357 to 70. However, the bill’s timeline and ultimate fate in the Senate is unclear at this point. Nonetheless, the bill as written has provisions specifically benefiting production agriculture. First, the 100 percent bonus depreciation for property placed in service after 31 December 2022 would be restored. Effectively this would be retroactive for 2023 tax returns. It had previously been limited to 80 percent for 2023, and was to drop 20 percent per year until it reached zero (i.e., 60 percent in 2024, 40 percent in 2025, 20 percent in 2026 and eliminated in 2027). This allows farms to exp...
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.