The People’s Bank of China tried to use a more market-oriented approach to tying the value of the yuan to the U.S. dollar, but that is changing. Transatlantic Discussions NATO members – read Europe’s members – were reportedly stone-faced as Donald Trump chastised the majority of them for failing to meet their financial commitments to the alliance. The media then tried to turn the table by highlighting Trump’s failure to reassert the U.S. commitment to the NATO defense pledge, which states that an attack on one member is an attack on the alliance. The White House answered by saying the pledge doesn’t require constant reiteration to be true.The administration could have added that a Pew Research Center Global Attitudes survey shows that mor...
What You Need to Know Today: China’s state-run COFCO, in statements on Tuesday, implied that U.S. corn exports were currently uneconomical but hinted that the Middle Kingdom would import 3.5 MMT of the feed grain this year, with 1 MMT likely sourced from the U.S. Another drone attack has...
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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.