While several recent articles have cited officials in Mexico arguing that the country should shift away from the U.S. as its main supplier of soybeans and corn because of President Trump's criticism of its trade surplus, there are reasons to believe that this will not occur. Canada May Have Record Canola Crop; Australia to Increase Canola Plantings The first forecast from Canada’s Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Food indicates the country may produce 18.6 MMT of canola in 2017. If so, that would rival the same record total in 2013. The forecast is predicated on farmers boosting this year’s canola plantings by 3 percent to 8.5 million hectares (21 million acres) because of the higher projected margins versus those for grains.It is far fro...
The corn and soy complex closed higher, with the wheat market mixed, as winter wheat closed up but spring wheat and livestock ended lower. Part of the strength for corn and soybeans may have been a weather premium, as crop planting has started out fast but warm weather has been slow to develop...
Real GDP grew at a 2 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 2026, slightly below the consensus expectation of 2.3 percent but above the 0.5 percent growth in Q4 2025. The GDP number matches the average annualized pace of growth since the peak back in late 2007, right before the Financial P...
Reflect for a moment on what you eat. There is a lot of advice out there in the ether about what you should eat, but really, what do you currently eat and how much? The good people at the USDA have some data for you, to help you answer that question. USDA says that we eat quite a bit of meat. L...
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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.