SPREADS December crush trades to 1.13cbu while oilshare trades to 45.27%. The Sep/Nov bean spread has moved from a 37c inverse down to 14c as we approach first notice day Tuesday. Nov/March bean spread trades from 5 1/2c to 6 1/4c. Dec/March meal trades from $0.60 to $2.00. Sep/Dec corn trades from 4 1/2c inverse to even while Dec/March trades from 6 1/4c to 6 3/4c. Dec wheat/corn trades from 1.85 1/4c to 1.83 1/4c. PALM OIL October down 79 ringgits/mt to 4.254 ringgit/mt. NEWS Stocks are 20 pts higher with crude trading firmer after hitting a low of $6.67/barrel. The US dollar is firmer at 92.73. CALLS Calls are as follows: beans: mix...
What You Need to Know Today: Crude oil prices dropped sharply with traffic flowing through the Strait of Hormuz. There were reports that Iran was behind an attack on a cargo ship near the coast of Oman, which would be a violation of the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran. Pr...
On Wednesday, the White House submitted a national security supplemental spending request for $87.6 billion. The majority of the request includes funding for the conflict in the Middle East, but there are agricultural provisions as well. The supplemental funding package includes more than $11 b...
Can we really expect a bushel of corn to carry an environmental passport throughout the entire food system? One that reliably documents its carbon footprint, biodiversity impacts, water use, soil carbon, and other environmental attributes all the way from the farm field to the consumer? This is...
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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.