The issue of foreign owned farmland has been percolating since the Chinese entity Fufeng bought 370 acres in Nort Dakota, near the U.S. Airforce’s Grand Forks Air Base which is home to sensitive drone technology. The land was purchased to build a corn wet milling plant that will start construction in 2023. The plant will begin construction in 2023 and is projected to process about 25 million bushels per year. That part of the project was warmly received in North Dakota, but the proximity to the air base has raised other hackles – reportedly 25 locations were scouted during the company’s due diligence. According to Fufeng, North Dakota was chosen due to corn supply and energy supply to operate the plant. ...
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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.