GOOD MORNING, It's month's end, end of a quarter, with a March 31 Planting Intentions and Quarterly stocks report on the way at 11:00 Chicago time. No doubt that we will all be a bit smarter after 11:00, as we see how the farmers responded to their survey of acreage intentions. Expectations are more or less for bullish wheat numbers, bearish corn numbers, and neutral to bearish beans. Spring acres could be smaller than expected, while durum should be larger. The average advertised trade estimate for March 1 corn and bean stocks are 8.125 bln and 2.241 bln bu, respectively. March 1 wheat stocks are estimated at 1.432 bln bu, which would be down 10% from year ago, and the smallest for the date in four ye...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.