IPEF Lacks Leverage The U.S. will table actual text on some key issues at the soon to start next meeting of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) countries in Australia. Agriculture will be one of the areas covered but some in the U.S. industry are skeptical that there will be much tangible benefit to American farmers. The IPEF is chided for using the word “economic” but mostly being about issues without a tangible economic benefit to sectors like agriculture. Critics say that without the U.S. offering tariff concessions, other countries have little that they are willing to concede to American exporters. Climate Import Barriers A study by the EU’s Joint Research Centre envisions livestock population den...
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.