Jul 25 Corn closed at $4.4975/bushel, up $0.0225 from yesterday's close. Jul 25 Wheat closed at $5.2175/bushel, down $0.075 from yesterday's close. Jul 25 Soybeans closed at $10.5175/bushel, up $0.0675 from yesterday's close. Jul 25 Soymeal closed at $294.1/short ton, down $0.6 from yesterday's close. Jul 25 Soyoil closed at 48.57 cents/lb up 0.12 cents from yesterday's close. Jun 25 Live Cattle closed at $214.675/cwt up $0.425 from yesterday's close. Aug 25 Feeder Cattle closed at $300.3/cwt down $0.95 from yesterday's close. Jun 25 Lean Hogs closed at $97.575/cwt up $0.4 from yesterday's close. Jun 25 WTI Crude Oil closed at $60.96/barrel up $1.05 from yesterday's close. ...
What You Need to Know Today: The U.S. and Iran resumed missile strikes after a brief pause in fighting, raising concerns that the five-month conflict could expand across the Middle East. Jordan intercepted Iranian missiles, Kuwait reported a fatal strike, and drone attacks damaged two natural...
The Senate Agriculture Committee will take up the farm bill next week, and a number of amendments targeting the meat industry are expected to be offered. Two of the most potentially damaging are the Schumer amendment, based on his bill, the Family Grocery and Farmer Relief Act, and mandatory co...
Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village, published in 1770, is of a timeless quality. It is a 425-line lament for a disappearing rural world, where prosperous villages give way to larger estates, fewer farmers, and emigration. One passage even follows those leaving for the new colony of Georgia...
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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.