A successful public forum by the WTO should be centered on why imports are actually good for everyone and emphasize that the focus cannot be solely on the current account as the capital account is ignored. Tax Extender Benders The Senate Finance Committee floated a bill that would extend certain expired tax benefits, and, as usual, the result may be good politics but not necessarily good policy. Biodiesel wins the day with a retroactive extension of its $1/gallon tax credit, despite the acknowledgement by some in the industry that it is unnecessary icing on the cake. Meanwhile, the bill fails to extend tax deductions previously allowed for contributing conservation easements. Rich countries are imposing the Reducing Emissions from Defores...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
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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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.