Back in November 2018, after the release of the National Climate Assessment report (a Congressionally mandated document under the Global Change Research Act of 1990, and the fourth of its kind), WPI wrote: If the climate debate returns in earnest, this is a necessary area of more focused policy advocacy for agriculture. And if this becomes a primary debate, it is a potential boost for ag technology, biotechnology, input suppliers and the like that could result in facilitating capital raising, supporting stock prices and opportunities for market development. Enter the bi-partisan Growing Climate Solutions Act introduced in the U.S. Senate earlier this month. The legislation would create a Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Th...
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.