Farm Bill Atmosphere The setup is not pretty. A divided U.S. House of Representatives, split between two parties and further fractured within the Republican caucus, is supposed to reach agreement in just two days on a Farm Bill programmed to spend nearly $1 trillion, but facing over 220 possible amendments that would micromanage everything from the Lesser Prairie Chicken to Spiny Dogfish. Of course, it is the big issues that will generate the most heated debate – everything from ethanol is good to ethanol is bad, dairy should be free to milk supply controls, sugar support, egg production regulations and much else for the dinner table.The big philosophical fight to watch is over Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the domest...
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.