Agricultural products provided approximately 27 percent of all Ukrainian exports for 2013 with grains holding a very significant share of the total agricultural export volume. Russian Grain Markets: 29 January-5 February 2014 Grain Market Interventions A regular stock exchange trading was held on 4 February within context of the grain market intervention in Russia. The Intervention Fund purchased 4,590MT of the 29,970 MT of grains that were offered.A regular stock exchange trading was held on 5 February within context of the grain market intervention in Russia. The Intervention Fund purchased 9,585 MT of the 29,970 MT of grains that were offered.Since the beginning of the stock exchange trading (15 October 2013), the Intervention Fund ha...
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.
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...