Campaign Calling Television broadcasting use to shutdown at 7pm. Congress would go on recess for the whole month of August and might not return to DC in an election year until they were sworn in the following January. Cable news switched to 24/7 broadcasting and the entertainment segment followed. Lame Duck sessions in which Congress returns after an election to execute a brief amount of urgent business has grown from a rarity to certainty. Yet the politicians still quit working a few weeks before an election to campaign against opponents unburdened by incumbency. There are victims of this schedule, and this year that includes USTR agricultural negotiator nominee Doug McKalip and USDA Trade Under Secretary nominee Alexis Taylor. They were...
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...
From WPI Consulting
Weighing in on strategic realignment
WPI’s team was retained by the governing board of a U.S. industry organization to review a decision, reached by vote, to invest significant assets into the development and management of an export trading company. WPI’s team conducted a formal review of this decision and concluded that the current level of market saturation would limit the benefits of the investment. Based on WPI’s analysis and recommended actions, the board subsequently reversed its decision and undertook a strategic planning effort to identify more impactful investments. On behalf of numerous clients, WPI has not only assisted in identifying strategic paths but also advised their implementation.