EU Gets Nutrition Right It looks messy, with fights over food labeling, red light systems versus front of package, etc. But EU policymakers see the rise in obesity and poor eating habits and actively seeks ways to change public attitudes. By contrast, policymakers in Washington talk about more of the same food but free. Addressing nutritional shortcomings is not solved by Meatless Mondays, local and organic. It requires a long-term, saturated education campaign to improve public awareness. It also requires changing public policies that influence production, like the Farm Bill. Sensing Weakness In President Biden’s analysis, Donald Trump was an international embarrassment. This is true in part but in seeking to compensate for...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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.