EU COOL Pre-Study Results The European Commission has ordered a study to evaluate the impacts of a proposed intra-EU origin labeling requirement on milk and milk containing products. The concept should be viewed as the antithesis of the single market toward which the Continent has been evolving for nearly 60 years. Without even launching a study it is clear that the concept undermines the very principle of a common market, as do geographic indicators to a somewhat lesser extent. The labeling approach will disproportionately benefit those member states that are the most nationalistic (protectionist) and prejudicial.Separately, the IMF says that Greece needs another €11 billion in financial aid to meet its debt obligations. ...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
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.