The company SMART Tbk has developed two new clones of oil palms via conventional breeding techniques, and they have been shown to produce much higher yields. Ukraine and Russia Leaders in Sunseed Production While the U.S. has a significant sunflower seed sector, Russia and Ukraine are now the world’s leading producers (among 28 countries) by a large margin followed by the EU. Just as important is that Russian and Ukrainian production continues to increase at a relatively rapid rate. That has allowed them to also lead the world in exports of sunflower oil.After their introduction to Russia in the early 18th century by Peter the Great, sunflowers became a significant source of vegetable oil and grew to be the most important one during 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.