The use of public shaming and destroying individuals or entities disfavored by activists has become highly fashionable but it has been around in food and agriculture policy for many years. Activists in Europe have tried to shut down the European Food Safety Authority, arguing its scientific judgements that have been contrary to their green religion disqualifies it from being authoritative. Pig production has become so stigmatized by animal welfare campaigners like Compassion in World Farming that the EU is having to perform public messaging explaining why the farming practices are legitimate. Green campaigners want to stop carbon emissions but now they are opposing research being performed by Europe’s Joint Research Centre on the sust...
Regional News Dry weather across the UK and Europe is becoming increasingly concerning for the 2027 crops as planting intentions are lowered amid dry soil conditions. Delayed sowing or establishment under adverse conditions could leave crops more vulnerable to frost/freeze events and dise...
Key Takeaways: Dry bulk markets remain mixed with Capesize rates turning around from their recent weakness and posting solid gains on improved Chinese demand. Panamax vessels, on the other hand, saw rates decline amid greater tonnage availability in the South Atlantic and falling U.S. Gu...
WPI Grain Prices and Freight Rate App Note: you can also visit the app directly by clicking here. Supplemental Information The section below offers a concise view of the options available in the current version of the WPI FOB Price and Freight Rate app, along with a short “How To”...
From WPI Consulting
Communicating importance of value-added products
Facing increasing pressure to quantify the value of export promotion efforts to investors, a U.S. industry organization retained WPI to develop a quantitative model that better communicated the importance of exports. The resulting model concluded that value-added meat exports contributed $0.45 cents per bushel to the price of corn, increasing support for that sector’s financial support of WPI’s client. In addition to serving the red meat industry with this type of analysis, WPI has generated similar deliverables for the U.S. soybean and poultry/egg industries.