Public Policy Coronavirus Outbreak Worsens and Quarantine Expands Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) is maintaining a real time ARCGIS map of the coronavirus outbreak in China and worldwide. The site aggregates data from all major national and international health agencies, including the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and China’s National Health Commission (NHC), into a dynamic global map. As of 1:30 AM this morning, total confirmed cases worldwide have risen to 24,551, of which 24,338 are in mainland China. A week ago, total confirmed cases worldwide stood at just 7,700. The rapid explosion seems to support the thesis that highly contagious individuals, whi...
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.