The Republican-controlled Congress has been pursuing appropriations bills based on the sequester targets, which the White House has promised to veto. All of this points toward having an omnibus spending bill in September or a continuing resolution.The Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture of the Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to mark up its version of the FY2016 ag appropriations bill tomorrow. The House counterpart moved through the full House Appropriations Committee last week after it had passed through the subcommittee there. However, these spending blueprints may never see the light of day as the appropriations process has become bogged down in an effort to review the sequestration implemented by the 2011 Budget Cont...
Tanker-tracking data shows a smaller recovery in oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz than previously thought. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, speaking by video to an international energy conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, said that oil moving through the strait was back to 80 to 90 percent...
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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.