Knowledge-based Policymaking A new report called Unleash Prosperity chides the Biden Administration for its dearth of business experience. Of the 68 top officials, 91 percent have virtually none. This is probably why policies are decidedly unfriendly toward business, like increases in taxes and regulation, and thus far fruitless antitrust investigations. But the same could happen to agriculture policy. The House Agriculture Committee has issued a request for public input on the next farm bill. While farmers and ranchers will make their input, so will many activist groups that have become, well more active. They have successfully overrun the views of farmers in EU farm policy making. There are risks when policies are driven by those...
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...
From WPI Consulting
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.