Government Funding President Biden yesterday signed a continuing resolution passed by Congress to fund the government at current levels until 20 December. There were no riders – such as an extension of the farm bill – included. This sets up another deadline before the Christmas holiday to readdress government funding, and it also comes after the election in a lame duck session, when both parties may have a different point of view based on who controls the White House and both chambers in 2025. Notably, the debt limit must be extended by 2 January, as per the last debt ceiling extension passed in July 2023. 45Z Legislation Proposed As the commodity and renewable fuels sectors grow increasingly impatient for the Treasury Departme...
There was heavy volume exiting soybeans, which dragged down the broader market today. The lack of a specific Chinese buying commitment for soybeans undermined speculators who had placed bets on state-directed trade. But even the Chinese do not totally ignore market fundamentals. They may still...
On Tuesday, 12 May, WPI reported on an Executive Order being prepared by the Trump Administration to suspend tariff rate quotas (TRQs) on beef from all exporters for 200 days as a means of addressing high beef prices in the United States. After considerable pushback from cattle producer groups,...
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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.