Dinosaurs versus Unicorns Unlike dinosaurs, unicorns are mythical creatures, except in the world of finance. Financial unicorns are privately held startup companies renowned for disrupting stodgy, status quo industries; the latter being a perfect definition of the agrifood industry. To obtain unicorn designation, companies must surpass $1 billion in value. According to CB Insights, this week marks the first time the number unicorns has topped 1,000, with their growth in numbers jumping 20 percent in just the past six months. Most of the 1,000 unicorns operate in the tech space like software, fintech and AI, or traditionally stodgy inefficient industries like healthcare, transportation, consumer retail, or auto/travel. Based on CB’s d...
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.