Transatlantic Crossing EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström painted a pretty bleak picture of transatlantic relations before the European Parliament, and she is right. Bilateral trade talks are in a stalemate. The two sides are about to retaliate against each other over the Airbus/Boeing dispute, the Trump administration is going to impose tariffs on European automobiles with Brussels then forced to retaliate, plus there will be retaliation for France's digital tax on American companies, and the EU will insist on Paris Accord adhesion in any trade agreement. The bottom line is that this relationship might have to hit bottom before it can begin looking up. On the flipside are reports that Donald Trump’s advisors are swaying h...
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.