Reversal of Climate Fortunes: Before the Great Recession, Europe and Japan signed on to the Kyoto Protocol's obligation of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. The U.S. voted against ratification. Now Japan says it will renew building coal-fired power plants and will notify the UN that it cannot meet its obligation of reducing emissions by 25 percent by 2025. Meanwhile, Europe's emissions are rising at the same time its cap and trade system is in tatters. By contrast, U.S. emissions have fallen and coal is being replaced by natural gas, all through the influence of economics.Tariff Bill Reform: The advantage of a former U.S. Trade Representative serving in the Senate is that he sees more than just fundraising opportunities when it c...
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.