China's National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) has updated its dietary recommendations, but its view on meat consumption is contrary to the vision and plan of Premier Li Keqiang. China’s Meat Consumption Recommendation Taking a page out of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) playbook, the government of China is now pursing efforts to reduce domestic meat consumption. The National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) there has updated its dietary recommendations for Chinese consumers and is urging that they limit meat consumption to 40-75 grams per day versus the 50-75 grams recommended in 2007. This reduction is based on improving health and lowering greenhouse gas emissions. The campaign feature...
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.