While a complete TPP agreement is not expected, the weights of geopolitics, national security and economics have converged to pressure President Obama and Prime Minister Abe into some accomplishment during this week's state visit.U.S. trade negotiators have made a previously unscheduled trip to Tokyo in an effort to achieve some significant progress in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) concessions ahead of President Obama's arrival on Wednesday. While a complete agreement is not expected, the weights of geopolitics, national security and economics have converged to pressure President Obama and Prime Minister Abe into some accomplishment during this week's state visit.East Asia is bubbling with anxiety over the growing military aggressiveness...
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...
Key Takeaways: Argentina is on pace for a record corn crop and record exports in the current marketing year, with abundant supplies likely to keep the country highly competitive in global export markets. Argentina’s record exportable surplus is allowing it to offer highly competitive pri...
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.