Trouble Before the War Ohio State University Professor Ian Sheldon laments that even if the U.S. and China reach a trade agreement, it will take many years to undo the damage from the trade war. He is correct, but it is also true that China was doing American agriculture fewer favors before the trade war. U.S. sales of both bulk commodities and intermediately-processed foods were on a declining trend prior to its beginning. Sales of consumer-ready products were trending up but constituted the smallest portion of U.S. agricultural exports to the Middle Kingdom (see graph below). China is not interested in economic optimization via comparative advantage in agriculture. Separately, Chinese President Xi Jinping is reportedly pushing a party r...
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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.