If President Obama were of the mind to label China a currency manipulator, this week would have been the perfect opportunity. The Treasury Department was to release its semi-annual report on the topic of currency manipulation on 15 October. Instead, the Treasury announced that it would delay the report until after the election. The reason it gave for this decision was not that China's currency manipulation has become a hot campaign issue, but rather that the Department would need to attend a G-20 meeting next month and poll other finance ministers and central bankers on the topic.On the other hand, Governor Mitt Romney has vowed to label China a currency manipulator on "day one." The problem is that he won't get that chance until at least...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Unlike the 2022 fertilizer shock, today’s disruption is rooted less in rerouted trade flows and more in damaged production capacity, raw material constraints and uncertain recovery timelines. That makes this a longer-duration risk for U.S. agricultural producers and retailers who must sec...
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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.