Biden’s Non-Pivot The presidency of Donald Trump has been the most disruptive in memory, and yet he barely lost re-election. Moreover, his successor is not promising any major reversal of agriculture or trade policies. His campaign pledge and post-election comments focus solely on working more closely with allies on addressing China’s state-driven economic manipulations. Mr. Trump’s methods were ham-handed, but no one is disputing their rationale. His friends and enemies alike questioned his use of national security as the rationale for imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, but no one disputed that those markets were broken to begin with. The problem with the WTO’s appellant system was first identif...
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.
What You Need to Know Today: The corn and soybean markets closed slightly higher in low-volume trade. The wheat market was mixed, with HRW continuing its downward trek on improved moisture. As expected, the bearish cattle on feed report drove down cattle prices and pulled hogs down with it. Mi...
Monday, 25 May is a U.S. holiday, and both the markets and our office will be closed. Please note that the next issue of Ag Perspectives will be published on Tuesday, 26 May. The WPI staff wishes everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend...
USDA’s monthly cattle on feed report was released today. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity amounted to 11.6 million head, 102 percent of last year. Source: USDA, WPI Placements were up, but part of that is attributable to persistent drought c...