Big Increase in Ukrainian Oilseed Production Forecasted The Ukrainian consulting firm UkrAgroConsult this week forecasted a big increase in that country's 2013 oilseed production. It predicts Ukrainian sunflower output will reach 9.86 MMT, up from 8.57 MMT in 2012. The firm also predicts Ukrainian rapeseed production will reach 2.01 MMT, up by 67.5 percent over a year ago. And it predicts Ukrainian soybean production will be 2.89 MMT, an increase of 20 percent over a year ago.The firm's forecasts are exceedingly optimistic, but they are possible with good weather. Farmers in the country have been increasing their plantings of soybeans and sunseed and are likely to do so again this year. Plantings and production of rapeseed have declined...
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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.