ASF Found in Chinese Hog Feed China’s General Administration on Customs has discovered African swine fever (ASF) virus in swine feed. It was found specifically in blood meal, which has been banned as a feed ingredient in China, originated in Tianjin Province. Also, today the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs announced that it will allow the movement of breeding sows and feeder pigs from one noninfected area to another as well as the movement of animals within infected areas. R.I.P. GIPSA Rule Yesterday the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Trump administration’s withdrawal of livestock marketing rules authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill was not arbitrary and capricious, relieving USDA from takin...
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.