Policy Developments Trump Administration’s Premature Celebration Following a two-hour dinner with President Xi Jinping at the G-20 summit in Argentina, President Trump announced that the trade war with China had come to a halt and U.S. farmers would find almost instant relief. China’s reaction to the Trump administration’s self-congratulatory backslapping was one of irritation as well as consternation regarding the sincerity of the U.S. leadership to tackle the tough issues in the relatively short 90-day timeline that was agreed to by the parties. President Trump’s disconnect from reality and his inability to grasp the complex aspects of dealing with trade negotiations could not come at a more precarious time for U...
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.