With the deadline to pass a federal funding bill in the offing, Congress is revisiting a strategy employed in 2014 that kept the government open.A week from today (28 April), the federal government runs out of money. The short-term funding bill passed at the end of last year set the date for when a new funding bill must be passed by Congress. In Washington-speak, the legislation that Congress is now working on is being referred to as the “CRomnibus,” a combination of two types of appropriations measures known as an omnibus and a continuing resolution (CR).Under regular order in Congress, there are 12 appropriations bills, which are all passed separately by each chamber and then subject to a joint House-Senate conference committee before fin...
Key Takeaways: Lamb and goat tariffs protect market share, not prices. The flock is too small to respond quickly, and the burden depends on origin: 12.5 percent on Australia and New Zealand, reportedly 37.5 percent plus the base rate on China. Wool is most exposed via the export side. The U.S...
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.