U.S. Cattle on Feed, in feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head, totaled 11.9 million head on November 1, 2021. The inventory was slightly below November 1, 2020. Placements in feedlots during October totaled 2.25 million head, 2 percent above 2020. Marketings of fed cattle during October totaled 1.79 million head, 5 percent below 2020. Other disappearance totaled 59,000 head during October, 6 percent below 2020. ...
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.