Regional News The current 7-day forecast for Europe favors widespread rainfall across the western and southeast regions, with heavy rain forecast for Italy and the Balkans. A high-pressure ridge exists over western and southern Russia that will prevent meaningful rainfall from developing over this region. Temperatures are expected to remain cool in western Europe for the coming week while eastern Europe and southern Russia will see above-average warmth. The weather outlook is favorable for winter crop development in Europe while Russia’s winter crops remain under duress. Notably, Russian crops faced extreme cold weather last week with no snow cover, accelerating concerns about crop conditions and 2021 yield potential. Ru...
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.