The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday, 17 February issued its evaluation of "health and emissions" data on E15 -- the next critical step in the process of getting E15 to the marketplace. EPA previously had granted two partial waivers for E15: the first in October 2010 for the 2007 model year autos, newer autos and light duty trucks; the second in January 2011 would extend the permitted usage to 2001 model year autos and light duty trucks. Those waivers deemed that E15 would allow the specified vehicles to meet their emission standards over their "full useful life" (e.g. 100,000 miles or 120,000 miles for light duty motor vehicles, depending on the vehicle type and model year). The EPA also issued two conditions for thos...
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.