There are plenty of policy wonks conveniently picking what serves their biased positions.Forum shopping is more typically associated with litigating existing laws, but there are plenty of policy wonks conveniently picking what serves their biased positions. Environmentalists have pushed hard for a global agreement to address climate change. However, they are now resisting efforts to harmonize transatlantic regulatory requirements via the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. They insist the result will be weaker rules. The U.S. fully participated in the development of multilateral Basel capital requirements for banks, but now Treasury Secretary Jack Lew insists that negotiating financial regulations with Europe...
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.