Dangerous Jobs French President Emmanuel Macron was reportedly slapped in the face by a disgruntled citizen near the city of Valence. That makes the job of U.S. Agriculture Secretary perhaps slightly less dangerous. In his new book, Laughing at Myself: My Education in Congress, on the Farm, and at the Movies, former USDA Secretary Dan Glickman recalls how he was perhaps once the “Most Assaulted Cabinet Member in History.” During his tenure in the 1990’s, the battle between GMO’s and organic and other food policy issues got people hot and bothered. He recalls the various food products thrown at him including, “organic seeds by naked men and women in Rome, bison guts in Montana and tofu pies in D.C.” Smal...
Key Takeaways: The CME Group is launching new 90 percent Lean Beef and 50 percent Lean Beef futures and options contracts in July. There are five key factors that must be present in physical markets and futures contract specifications for futures contracts to become successful. The two l...
What You Need to Know Today: The hot, dry weather forecast continues to drive strength in grain futures with corn and soybeans hitting another day of strong gains. Monday’s Crop Progress and Conditions data were in line with market expectations and showed relatively few concerns for the...
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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.