Interested in trying Technical Perspectives or adding it to your company account? Email Matt Herrington at mherrington@agrilink.com for details. GOOD MORNING, This morning calls are higher across the board as overnight the Vice Foreign Minister of China indicated that the US/China have achieved progress on trade talks, and that any problem could be resolved as long as both sides respected each other. Beans are leading the way higher. In a new Reuters story, the headline reads, "China issues tariff-free quota for US bean purchases". The article went on to say that China held meetings Tuesday with major bean importers to issue tariff-free quotas for 10 mmt. The quota to import US beans was issue...
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.