His Excellency Hyperbole In group dynamics, all manner of threats are used to try and compel action. These include setting deadlines, threatening adverse consequences, or promising rewards. At this week’s G20 meeting hosted by India, most of the effort was getting past conflict over Russia’s attack on Ukraine. India refuses to criticize Russia. There was some agreement on issues like supply chain and digitization, but Indian Trade Minister Piyush Goyal warned participants that if they remained intransigent in their positions, the WTO’s 13th ministerial conference in February could be unmitigated disaster! Rather strong language for an organization that has not had a significant ministerial in decades. In fact, the...
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.