The International Resources Panel, launched by the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), has issued a report quantifying that one-third of the world’s farmland is incurring moderate to severe soil degradation. Better Ag Policy The International Resources Panel, launched by the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), issued a report quantifying that one-third of the world’s farmland is incurring moderate to severe soil degradation. A keen argument in the report is that crops need to be better paired with agronomics. Indeed, government subsidies tend to distort production decisions, favoring some crops despite soil limitations.A second report, the OECD’s Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2016, notes that while crop s...
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.