The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Horne v. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the justices learned once again that agriculture is treated uniquely. Presidential Campaign Politics Hits TPA U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), a likely candidate for president in 2016, delayed by a few hours the start of a markup session on four trade bills before the Finance Committee. He could not fully stop the meeting, so stalling it was merely a stunt for political purposes. Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) is the controversial bill that will be taken up and potentially completed sometime late this evening. While reports claim that there are over 200 amendments potentially being offered, the attention is focused on whether opponents will 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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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.