As the saying goes, "desperate times call for desperate measures." Nowhere is that more evident than on Capitol Hill, where election year politics, budget deficits, looming sequestrations and competing partisan agendas have made the "regular order" for legislation (i.e. hearings, committee mark-up, floor time, and House-Senate conference) a rare process. Of course, as we have pointed out, the Senate is moving on the farm bill in regular order, with the first of four hearings scheduled for tomorrow. But, there are so many priority legislative packages (think employment tax relief extension) and so much must-pass legislation (think debt limit, deficit reduction) that legislators are now "desperate" to attach their priority agendas to these...
Key Takeaways: Argentina is on pace for a record corn crop and record exports in the current marketing year, with abundant supplies likely to keep the country highly competitive in global export markets. Argentina’s record exportable surplus is allowing it to offer highly competitive pri...
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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.