Yesterday the Republican and Democratic caucuses held their leadership votes for the upcoming 114th Congress, and the next step is to select chairmen and ranking members on the legislative committees.Yesterday the Republican and Democratic caucuses held their leadership votes for the upcoming 114th Congress with no changes in the top positions. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) will be the new Senate majority leader and Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada) the new minority leader as they switch posts.The other members of the Republican majority leadership team in the Senate will also remain the same: John Cornyn (Texas), majority whip; John Thune (South Dakota), conference chairman; Roy Blunt (Missouri), conference vice-chairman; John Barrasso...
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...
Key Market Insights Geopolitical Limbo: Geopolitical risk remained a key driver across global commodity markets today. President Trump stated that the Iran memorandum of understanding is not yet final and warned that military action could resume if negotiations fail. Both sides continue w...
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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.