Effects of Russia’s Invasion The war between Russia and Ukraine is beginning to affect Argentina’s spot market and WPI looks for these impacts to continue. The fact that both Russia and Ukraine are major corn and wheat exporters - and competitors with Argentina - is affecting spot markets for these commodities around the world. In the medium term, rising crude oil prices will work against Argentina's policy of subsidizing gasoline. The gap between oil prices and gasoline is set by the government for local refineries. With the international price for oil rising, the government is finding it increasingly difficult to keep by-product prices under control. A similar event is occurring with liquified natural gas (LNG), a product a...
What You Need to Know Today: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
We have described the long-term investment climate in crop and livestock production, using data primarily from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The data provided background on the current investment climate and outlook for agricultural capital formation. Our conclusion was that investment...
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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.