EU chief negotiator on Brexit Michel Barnier says there will be no trade deal with Britain if London decides to impose weaker regulations than the Continent. This effectively means no trade agreement. Competition and Dairy Production Having studied the relationship between the country’s milk producers and processors, Germany’s anti-monopoly office (Bundeskartellamt) is calling for a more pro-competitive process. At present, farmers have long-term, exclusive supply contracts with dairies, and they find out the price of their milk based on reference prices and the supply/demand situation at the time. The current system removes some of the volatility and thus provides more certainty to both sides in the transaction. Making the system more “p...
Key Takeaways: Sugarcane is the world’s largest crop by total production volume, surpassing major commodities such as corn, wheat, and soybeans, and supplies roughly 80 percent of global sugar production. Sugarcane’s perennial growth cycle allows farmers to harvest multiple crops f...
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement has reached a critical point after the Supreme Court ruled on 25 June that Bayer is shielded from state-level lawsuits because federal regulation does not require the company to warn of alleged cancer risks from such products. Thousands of "failure...
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.