Efforts to avoid the COVID-19 virus have forced us into what has become many weeks of home bound hibernation. We have plenty of time to ponder the world around us. Here are a few thoughts and observations rising from our forced isolation. This week’s “debate” between the Republican President Donald Trump and the Democrat former VP Joe Biden was an embarrassment. The main take away from it was that it showed how low politics in the U.S. have fallen. In retrospect 2020 has already established itself as a year of disasters. There is the pandemic, a record number of devastating storms originating in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, regional droughts and floods, wildfires that have scorched wide swaths...
What You Need to Know Today: President Trump claimed the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran was over, as both sides accused one another of violating the terms of the agreement. Commercial vessels are increasingly steering clear of the Strait of Hormuz as security risks escalate following Iran...
Key Takeaways: The CME Group is launching new 90 percent Lean Beef and 50 percent Lean Beef futures and options contracts in July. There are five key factors that must be present in physical markets and futures contract specifications for futures contracts to become successful. The two l...
Russian Grain Markets: 29 June-3 July 2026 The new marketing season has officially begun in Russia, although bearish sentiment has been concentrated in the southern regions closest to the Black Sea ports, where export demand has been weakest. Delays in grain deliveries to inland elevators have...
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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.