Soybeans Impact of the U.S.-China Trade War Trading was slow in Brazil last week with an old-crop basis rally due to lack of farmer selling and news on the U.S.-China trade war. The latter included a Trump tweet about a possible tariff on Chinese imports, which was officially announced Thursday night. However, the market already anticipated higher demand for Brazilian soybeans if U.S. origin cannot be shipped to China without facing a big import duty. China may apply additional trade barriers, including potential noncommercial ones such as delays on import permits and China Inspection and Quarantine (CIQ) issues, etc. On Friday afternoon, China announced a retaliatory 25 percent import tax on U.S. soybeans. Since the Dalian market was th...
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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.