Siloing of U.S. Agriculture California state legislators saw the Supreme Court’s green light on Prop 12’s Sacramento driven animal welfare standards and ramped it up this week. They declared a ban on the use of some specific chemical additives in food products (coloring dye Red 3, titanium dioxide, potassium bromate, and brominated vegetable oil or propylparaben). Like glyphosate, these chemicals all pass U.S. EPA’s risk assessments but voters and politicians instead of science regulators have taken over the food system. The legislators based their action on EU policy, which includes the precautionary principle. Katy bar the door. TTC Happy Talk U.S. and EU officials completed the latest round of the Trade a...
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) enters its mandated six-year review on 1 July. The original intent of the review is outlined in Article 34.7, which obligates members to: Provide recommendations and decide on appropriate actions. Extend the USMCA for another 16 years and meet aga...
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.