Today is the day when farmers can start applying for the $16 billion in Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) direct payments. FSA has announced that to expedite the payments, it has created a form application that applies the rates of payment to the eligible volumes that a farmer enters into the program and that the form will pre-calculate the eligible payment. In anticipation, growers across the country are touching base with their local county FSA offices and some are coming away confused and disappointed – especially co-op members. We are hearing from some producer groups that certain FSA offices have told producers of certain specialty crops and cotton producers that they will not be eligible for the CFAP paymen...
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.