The partial U.S. government shutdown has come to a temporary end. The country might find itself in the same situation again in just three weeks if Congress and the president can’t reach an agreement on immigration. Here are a few things to keep you up at night. - USDA will apparently release the missed January reports on 8 February, although that has not yet been confirmed. The weekly export sales report from 20 December will also be issued, but it seems unlikely that USDA will get caught up as quickly as once thought on all the others that were missed. - The agreement to reopen the government did not give the markets any sense of security. Volume in agricultural markets today was very light, and it will probably stay that way until...
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.