Macroeconomics The macro situation in Argentina is really complicated. The quarantine started on 19 March and since then almost 60-70 percent of the industries and the shops have not been allowed to open/operate. The economic contraction is huge – the largest in several decades. Companies and small industries are going bankrupt and poverty is increasing. The government has been printing a huge amount of money daily to assist those that don’t have anything to eat and to help companies pay salaries. Public spending almost doubled in April and the monetary base is expected to be double that of December 2019 in the very near future. In the meantime, the Argentine government is not paying its debt commitments. They are still negot...
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.