Regional News Macroeconomic markets remain especially uncertain and chaotic, and exchange-rate volatility is having a direct impact on grain trade. Pricing has been somewhat inconsistent this week amid the currency moves, as exporters and buyers alike try to navigate the volatility. Over the past week, the euro has seen some declines that supported grain and oilseed prices, but rallies remain capped fundamentally by large global supplies for 2025/26 and early 2026/27. Bulgaria is pushing for safeguard clauses in all free trade agreements the EU makes with third countries that involve the agricultural sector. Bulgaria’s Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Lozana Vasileva stated Bulgaria’s position on the issue in a r...
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.