Helping Business Succeed

A world leader in comprehensive commodity, food industry and agribusiness research and consulting, Informa Economics offers several broad categories of services:

• Research/Analysis/Evaluation
• Business Consulting
• Education/Training
• News/Communication
• Energy
• Transportation

Consulting

• Business Plans
• Feasibility Studies
• Econometric Analyses
• Risk Management Strategies
• Policy Analyses

Market Analysis

• Research underpinned by a thorough understanding of production and usage for the US and the world, with fundamental factors incorporated into analysis and price forecasts.
• US and world production forecasts based on our well-respected survey of acreage and yields.
• Production prospects in other countries assessed through travel by Informa Economics personnel and extensive contacts around the world.
• Informa Economics' demand forecasts based on domestic consumption by individual countries, then expanded into detailed projections of trade flows.

Education/Training

• Conferences
• International Agri-Professional Development Institute (IADI)
• Hedging with Options Courses
• Client-Specific Training Programs

MarginQuest/Risk Management

• Value Based Procurement (VBP)
• Measuring and Managing Margin Risk with Portfolio Models
• Customer Demand Analysis
• Maximizing Profit with Optimization Models
• Risk Management Support
• Assisting companies in developing solid risk management policies
• Creating clear guidelines for addressing commodity price risk
• Guiding companies away from unstructured, ad hoc approaches that often lead to unfavorable financial outcomes
• Providing management with higher levels of control and lower levels of risk