Though way behind schedule, agriculture’s top regulatory priority is one step closer to being completed, and will likely be so by early next year, but will that end the problems?On Inauguration Day, President Trump posted his top six priorities on the White House website; included was repeal of the Obama Administration’s Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule issued under the Clean Water Act, which he pledged to do in the first 100 days of his administration. This was hailed by the ag community who had made the repeal of that regulation its top priority. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, the rule’s overreach allowing federal regulation on farm land could have reduced farm property values by 40 percent or more.Keeping to hi...
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.