2016 Agribusiness Performance Recap and 2017 OutlookWPI Bull/Bear Leanings for Agribusiness in 2017 A summary and graphical depictions of WPI’s expectations for future agribusiness performance. The U.S. Grains Industry Now, perhaps more than ever, the U.S. grain industry’s success is closely tied to political decisions. Oilseed Processing Bullish fundamental changes from USDA could be undone by market concerns over international trade issues. The U.S. Biofuels Industry Ethanol and biodiesel set record levels of production last year while maintaining positive margins, but both will have to navigate some uncertainties and overcome challenges this year in order to repeat their 2016 performance. The U.S. Livestock Industry...
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Communicating importance of value-added products
Facing increasing pressure to quantify the value of export promotion efforts to investors, a U.S. industry organization retained WPI to develop a quantitative model that better communicated the importance of exports. The resulting model concluded that value-added meat exports contributed $0.45 cents per bushel to the price of corn, increasing support for that sector’s financial support of WPI’s client. In addition to serving the red meat industry with this type of analysis, WPI has generated similar deliverables for the U.S. soybean and poultry/egg industries.