The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created what was known as the “grain glitch” through the creation of the new Section 199A deduction. That provision allows for a 20 percent deduction from income earned by a “pass through” business. “Pass through” refers to small and medium-sized businesses organized as sole proprietorships, partnerships, and S corporations, which “pass” their business income through from the business’ activities to the entrepreneur who owns the entity. The income is then taxed at the personal tax rate. About 93 percent of all farms in the U.S. are pass through business tax filers. But the glitch came from the provision’s inclusion of a 20 percent deduction on &ldquo...
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.