Although the Chinese government has launched a new media campaign to educate and promote the safety of GM agricultural commodities, a quick review of China's agricultural policy reveals numerous contradictions to that effort. China's 180 Degree Flip on GMOs A recent report by Reuters highlighted a new media campaign launched by China's central government to educate and promote the safety of GM agricultural commodities to the general Chinese public. The goal of this outreach effort is to note the safety of commodities produced through GM seeds and discuss the latter's importance to food security. Then again, an earlier news story had discussed the central government's decision to halt approval of GM soybeans due to lack of public acceptanc...
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.