Russian Grain Markets: 20-26 February 2013 Grain Market Interventions The intervention fund put up 65,004 MT of grain for exchange trading on 20 February and 64915 MT of grain on 26 February.Since the beginning of the public grain interventions in 2012, the State Intervention Fund has sold 2.003 MMT of grain for a total amount of RUR 17.007 billion. Market Trends: 18-22 February 2013 After a week of stability, the downward trend on the Russian market resumed. During the week in review, grains prices in both Asian Russia and European Russia decreased. GEOGRAPHICALLY: 3rd grade soft milling wheat prices decreased at different rates: -$0.50-1/MT in Central and Black Soil; -$3-4/MT in Volga Valley and Ural, -$3/MT in Siberia and -$7/MT...
What You Need to Know Today: Cattle futures extended their sharp selloff Friday as weakening cash cattle prices, deteriorating feedlot profitability, and reduced packer demand continued to weigh on the market. The inability of futures to sustain a rally following last week's bullish Cattle on...
Key Takeaways: WPI’s new EU rapeseed crushing margin models point to weaker processing returns over the next four months due to higher rapeseed procurement costs and weaker product values. Statistical forecasts call for German crushing margins to decline from €181/MT to €...
Key Takeaways: The tariff burden rose sharply in 2025 and 2026: the effective rate on imports in HTS Chapters 1–24 increased from 1.53 percent in 2024 to 6.11 percent in 2025, before averaging 5.68 percent in January–August 2026. Headline rates tell only part of the story: exemptio...
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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.