Unsustainable Bears At least seven factors in the modern era prevent agriculture from falling to the historic construct of a long-term bear market following a bullish period. The Global Economy versus Oil Prices and the U.S. Dollar The U.S. oil boom and an appreciating U.S. dollar are helping to put the squeeze on the global economy. Low Price Conditions: Yesterday versus Today Market conditions have changed such that grain and oilseed prices are unlikely to remain low for prolonged periods of time. Soybean Prices Headed South The past eight years saw record growth in global soybean demand, but the recent sharp decline in prices is the market's way of signaling farmers to slow or reduce plantings. Commodity Market Review Weather an...
What You Need to Know Today: Corn and soybeans were under heavy selling pressure as weaker (or at least as-expected) export demand runs into an accelerating harvest pace with more grain available in the spot market. Corn and soybean harvest progress remains below average across the U.S., espec...
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...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Pakistan’s smaller wheat farmers have been holding protests to complain about the lack of a support price for wheat and the potential expansion of GMO crop production. They also want the reinstatement of PASSCO, the governme...
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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.