U.S.-Sino Tipping Point The Trump administration’s plan to increase the proposed Section 301 tariffs from 10 percent to 25 percent on $200 billion worth of imports from China is designed to get Beijing’s attention, and it did. Beijing says it will respond in kind. That could mean $100 billion in additional cost burdens on consumers in both countries and impose collateral damage on other nations. Mr. Trump is maintaining his gambit that the trade war will have more adverse impacts on the Chinese economy. China is willing to negotiate, but there will be no serious effort from either side until one or the other arrives at the conclusion that the situation has been pressed as far as it can, either politically, economically, or bot...
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.