Informa Economics is the world leader in commodity market analysis and commodity related business consulting Founded in 1977 as Sparks Companies, Inc, the company is now a part of publicly owned Informa plc, a global business information group. Hundreds of firms and institutions worldwide now benefit from the services provided by Informa Economics from its offices in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Brazil.

Informa Economics offers a comprehensive package of well-respected, timely and highly detailed commodity market information. In addition to monitoring and analyzing ongoing policy issues, Informa Economics constructs estimates and forecasts of U.S. and world acreage and crop production, weather, crop and livestock/meat supply and demand fundamentals and prices, as well as assessing transportation and storage factors, energy and biofuel markets, and long-term agribusiness trends. The emphasis in all of the company’s commodity analysis work is helping the client understand the forces driving the markets relevant to the client’s business and on skillful development and implementation of appropriate management programs in response to those market forces.

The Informa Economics Consulting Group provides management and economic consulting services to organizations in the agriculture, renewable fuels, food processing, foodservice and fiber sectors. Clients include corporations, cooperatives, trade associations and government agencies. Informa Economics advises clients on a broad range of economic, marketing, financial, strategic planning and regulatory issues.

Additionally, Informa Economics provides expert testimony for legal cases and government hearings.