Mandated Choice Renewable Fuels Association President Bob Dineen, faced with a growing lobby against the ethanol mandate, asserted that one of the positives is that, "most importantly [the ethanol mandate] gives consumers choice at the pump." But it's a mandate? Deceptive Labeling USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service has approved a label, certified by a third party, for meat and liquid egg products produced using feed not derived from biotechnology. It must be shown that the claim is "truthful, accurate and not misleading." Under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration standard, labeling a food in this manner when there is no material difference between biotech and conventionally derived products runs the risk of being misleading. Since...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Key Takeaways: Argentina is on pace for a record corn crop and record exports in the current marketing year, with abundant supplies likely to keep the country highly competitive in global export markets. Argentina’s record exportable surplus is allowing it to offer highly competitive pri...
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.