European leaders are on edge over the prospect that Donald Trump’s intention to block refugees from certain countries will increase the numbers heading instead to the Continent. Moroccan leaders know this concern and are using it to leverage a deal. Agriculture Refugees European leaders are on edge over the prospect that Donald Trump’s intention to block refugees from certain countries will increase the numbers heading instead to the Continent. Moroccan leaders know this concern and are using it to leverage a deal for their agricultural exports to Europe. A 2012 bilateral agreement on fisheries and agricultural trade that had been in legal hiatus until December 2016 is now in political hiatus. The leadership in Rabat is trying to blackmai...
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.