Permanent Law Threat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) is providing House Republican leaders with the message they need on the farm bill. He said the Senate will not pass another extension to the 2008 Act. This implies a return to so-called "permanent law," with no Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program for the left and substantially higher government-guaranteed food process to piss off the right. In short, the threat of permanent law is just what the two extremes need to come together and pass a new farm bill. Lukewarm Action on Climate Change President Obama is reportedly set to announce an ambitious plan for addressing global climate change. No matter how noble the cause, the level of ambition will be mu...
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...
Unlike the 2022 fertilizer shock, today’s disruption is rooted less in rerouted trade flows and more in damaged production capacity, raw material constraints and uncertain recovery timelines. That makes this a longer-duration risk for U.S. agricultural producers and retailers who must sec...
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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.