Aggies Losing in DC: Farm groups rejected a proposal by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) and Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) to use ten years' worth of Farm Bill direct payment funds as an offset to avoid part of the sequester cuts over the next ten months. However, other plans appear to be brewing as urban politicians begin to question farm spending at a time of tight government resources. Adding to farm woes, Congressional Democrats are reportedly set to introduce legislation requiring the labeling of food derived from agricultural biotechnology. And, some contend that skepticism is growing on Capitol Hill to the current renewable fuels mandate. In short, the inmates are looking for a scapegoa...
Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
What You Need to Know Today: Harvest pressure in the U.S. sent corn and soybeans lower as supplies increased and there were signs USDA’s upward revisions to yields in the October WASDE could be close to right. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated over the weekend, with Ukrai...
Developer's Note 24 August 2026: WPI recently completed an exercise that updated the codebase for this app and solved some of the discrepancies between our five-year average calculation and USDA's. There are a few lingering cases where early (late) starts (finishes) to the crop cycle resu...
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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.