Silver Bullets from Food Science Researchers and industry are on a path where food will solve some of the largest risks to human health: non-communicable diseases. Weather Shapes the World Grain Outlook The predominant role played by weather in crop production is obvious. What is not so obvious, except to those of us directly involved, is the ripple effect that weather pushes through the entire food chain, its influence on agricultural markets, and even its effect on the politics of agriculture. China Drives Global Demand for Food and Fiber China has accounted for practically all of the growth in global soybean imports and has driven global demand for many other agricultural commodities over the last 15 years. With a still growing eco...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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.