The use of public shaming and destroying individuals or entities disfavored by activists has become highly fashionable but it has been around in food and agriculture policy for many years. Activists in Europe have tried to shut down the European Food Safety Authority, arguing its scientific judgements that have been contrary to their green religion disqualifies it from being authoritative. Pig production has become so stigmatized by animal welfare campaigners like Compassion in World Farming that the EU is having to perform public messaging explaining why the farming practices are legitimate. Green campaigners want to stop carbon emissions but now they are opposing research being performed by Europe’s Joint Research Centre on the sust...
A federal appeals court paused a USITC ruling against President Trump’s use of Section 122 to impose 10-percent global tariffs. A bipartisan group of 80 House members asked USTR to investigate specialty crop imports from Mexico for unfair trade practices. India notified the WT...
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.