China's government has issued guidelines calling for maintenance of the traditional diet as an increasing segment of the population is experiencing chronic diseases in relation to growing per capita meat consumption. China's Poultry Price Continues to Decline China's post-holiday demand for poultry remains weak, and the price continues to drop as more cases of humans infected with H7N9 avian influenza are reported. Wholesale broiler prices declined nationwide by more than 5 percent on average during the week of 17 February.There have been two waves of H7N9 virus outbreaks. The first occurred last spring and was followed by another reported in January 2014. This has been devastating to the nation's poultry industry and resulted in a total...
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.