Democrats Evolve The holding of power necessitates responsibility. This year's Democratic Party platform commits to "free and fair trade" and boasts that the Obama Administration has filed trade cases against China at twice the rate of the Bush Administration. But unlike in 2008 (and the Romney campaign this year), there is no stridency about "currency manipulation." Indeed, governing reveals the limits to such blunder. The Democrats pledge to complete Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). There is a commitment to farm subsidies, which they argue Republicans would weaken even though the threat against them comes from the extremes of both parties. The most interesting change is the new document's commitment to greenhouse gas emission reduction...
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.