Dow to Team with ADM to Sell Soybean Seed Not Approved in Europe and China Dow AgroSciences will partner with ADM to sell its Enlist E3 soybeans in the U.S. next year. While this biotech event has been approved in the U.S., it has not gained approval from regulators in the EU and China. The Enlist E3 soybean is tolerant to 2,4-D choline, glyphosate and glufosinate. Farmers with particularly difficult weed problems will most likely be the ones seeking to grow this variety. Dow indicates it will require strict rules for farmers planting the seed until China and the EU grant approval. ADM will oversee handling of the harvests under a closed-loop system. Growers will be required to deliver the soybeans they harvest on set dates to one o...
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.