On Sunday, the U.S. House of Representatives convened the 117th Congress and narrowly re-elected Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-California) as Speaker amid some COVID drama. A plexiglass box was built on the House floor from which members who were otherwise in quarantine from being exposed to COVID (but not yet tested positive) could vote. That included two Democrats and one Republican. Three members were not present for the vote; one Democrat (who has cancer) and two Republicans who tested positive for COVID. One Democrat from Wisconsin whose quarantine was up travelled at midnight to be present for the vote. The current party split is 222 Democrats to 211 Republicans with two seats open, so there are 433 votes, from which the successful...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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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.