The U.S. and India began talks to resolve a dispute over poultry trade before Washington imposes $450 million in retaliation. However, prospects are not good. Stall and BS The U.S. and India began talks to resolve a dispute over poultry trade before Washington imposes $450 million in retaliation. However, prospects are not good. For one, New Delhi has been playing delay and obfuscation games. India does not willingly allow imports of any competitive agricultural product, and that especially includes high value/value-added ones like poultry. A WTO Dispute Settlement Panel found that New Delhi unfairly prohibited U.S. poultry and provided a deadline for compliance. India is arguing legal complications like sequencing and saying that it is i...
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.