Glyphosate Informs NBT’s Member states are set to vote tomorrow (15 November) on the Commission’s request to extend the current approval period for glyphosate by one year. DG Sante was unable to complete the review of the herbicide in the usual timeframe due to the volume of information submitted, and the intense political interest in its outcome. The Standing Committee for the Appeal Committee on Phyto-Pharmaceuticals failed to achieve the necessary qualified majority during a similar motion last week. Malta, Luxembourg, and Croatia comprising just 1.1 percent of the EU population voted no on the motion, while France, Germany, and Slovenia abstained. Brussels is framing the extension as a legal requirement and is...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
On Friday, at 6:57 AM, President Donald Trump announced, via a social media post, a 90-day window during which up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef could be imported outside of tariff-rate quotas—a move aimed at bringing down costs for American consumers. This is the secon...
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Weighing in on strategic realignment
WPI’s team was retained by the governing board of a U.S. industry organization to review a decision, reached by vote, to invest significant assets into the development and management of an export trading company. WPI’s team conducted a formal review of this decision and concluded that the current level of market saturation would limit the benefits of the investment. Based on WPI’s analysis and recommended actions, the board subsequently reversed its decision and undertook a strategic planning effort to identify more impactful investments. On behalf of numerous clients, WPI has not only assisted in identifying strategic paths but also advised their implementation.