Corn/Feed USDA reports that Chinese domestic production of corn and wheat exceeds demand, but that barley is in a supply deficit and must be imported. China’s overall feed production is growing faster than its meat and egg output. China’s corn crop has been damaged by wetness, and its domestic price has risen 10 percent to around 2,250 yuan ($326.02)/MT. Buyers have procured 1 MMT of barley from Australia and 2.5 MMT of sorghum from the U.S. in recent months. As a result, Australian barley prices have risen 10 percent, and U.S. sorghum at the Gulf is up 12.6 percent to $228.30/MT. The number of Chinese applications for corn imports in 2025 totaled 1,453, with a processing capacity of 453 MMT, though total imports were just...
Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.
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...