Export Sales and Shipments for September 1-7, 2023 Wheat: Net sales of 437,900 metric tons (MT) for 2023/2024 were up 18 percent from the previous week and 20 percent from the prior 4-week average. Export shipments of 411,300 MT were up 30 percent from the previous week and 32 percent from the prior 4-week average. The destinations were primarily to Japan (87,300 MT), Mexico (75,200 MT), Vietnam (65,300 MT), the Philippines (58,200 MT), and China (56,000 MT). Corn: Net sales of 753,300 MT for 2023/2024 primarily for China (173,900 MT, including 165,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 900 MT), Colombia (147,400 MT, including 50,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 33,900 MT), Mexico...
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Illuminating the value of technical research
On behalf of a commodity producer organization, WPI evaluated the outputs from a project that featured a $5 million investment into technical research over multiple years. WPI’s team captured the results of this extensive effort and synthesized them for presentation to the organization’s governing board; among the findings uncovered and presented for the first time was the development of genomic traits proven, via rigorous testing, to provide crop yield advantages of 50 percent or more to U.S. farmers in times of drought. Capturing measurable results from long-term efforts can be challenging. Educating clients on the dynamics of success measurement when quantifiable results are not readily available requires deep client-consultant collaboration and an ability to consider both near- and long-term client aspirations with market/policy dynamics – attributes that WPI brings to every consulting engagement.