The CBOT rallied today on hints that the Trump administration may be planning policy action to boost biofuels demand. There was no time frame given in U.S. Agriculture Secretary Perdue’s statement, but with the Trump administration actively looking to help farmers, there are few traders willing to bet against such news. On the other hand, there are few reasons for traders to place bullish bets with no forecasts of an early frost or freeze. Overall, Secretary Perdue’s announcement was the most notable news item of the day, with other market chatter limited to weather/U.S. crop maturity delays. Outside markets were largely supportive today with the VIX falling 1 percent as investor confidence swung back to the positive side...
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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.