Strong cases where the probability and outcome lined up well.
Brier 0.0104 · No
EU farmer protests and government-resignation risk
In simple terms: a loud issue is not always a government-ending issue. This helps FoxCast avoid overreacting when a story is politically important but the actual resolution bar is much harder to clear.
Brier 0.0144 · No
China corn imports did not become a visible political shock
For global-risk readers, this case shows why the outcome threshold matters. A market pressure can be real while the political-spillover threshold remains hard to reach.
Brier 0.0317 · No
Bird-flu concern did not create a new egg price spike
For food buyers, this case says not to price every disease headline as a supply shock. The type of flock, scale of losses, and recovery evidence matter.
Brier 0.0357 · No
Higher rates and farmland values in 2023
For lenders and operators, this case says not every rate shock immediately becomes a land-value crash. Land can stay supported even when financing gets harder, especially if farm balance sheets and buyer demand remain solid.
Brier 0.0369 · No
Egg prices after flock recovery
For food buyers, this is a useful restraint case. The lesson is not to keep pricing every past disaster into the future after the direct supply damage starts to heal.
Brier 0.0371 · No
Cattle prices did not collapse from herd rebuilding
For livestock producers, feed buyers, and lenders, this was a useful no-answer. It warned against assuming a quick herd rebuild would automatically break cattle prices.
Brier 0.0376 · Yes
Wheat prices after Russia invaded Ukraine
In common language: when a major supplier is suddenly at risk, prices can move faster than normal crop reports would suggest. This case taught FoxCast to take logistics chokepoints seriously when they line up with an already important commodity.
Brier 0.0400 · No
2024 U.S. corn heat scare
For farmers and co-ops, this is the kind of answer that can be just as valuable as a warning. It says: watch conditions, but do not turn every heat scare into a national disaster forecast.