During his political career, Maggi made waves by supporting President Lula’s re-election because of the latter's commitment to growing the soybean industry and its export infrastructure. Most of the infrastructure improvement was targeted to Maggi’s state of Matto Grosso.Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff was suspended for 180 days after the lower chamber of Congress there voted to impeach her and the Senate followed suit on 12 May by a vote of 55-22. At the end of that period, there will be a trial that could last up to 20 days and ends with the Senate rendering a verdict on whether she broke federal budgetary laws. Upon the suspension, Vice President Michel Temer assumed office and has already appointed a new cabinet that signals a sharp t...
What You Need to Know Today: Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans continued to accelerate, with USDA reporting another 558 KMT sold to China and 236 KMT to unknown destinations. Combined with sales announced Wednesday and Thursday, the latest purchases bring the three-day total to approximately...
As fall begins, wild migratory birds are starting their seasonal migration. That has the industry and government officials worried about the potential spread, again, of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Some members of Congress have called for the United States to be prepared for a pote...
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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.