The study was requested by Senators David Vitter (R-Louisiana) and James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) with the specific topic of how regulatory costs impact the competitiveness and profitability of the U.S .refining industry.The DC Court of Appeals is hearing a case on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) that is based in part on EPA's missing the statutory deadlines for establishing the yearly required volume obligations (RVOs). EPA is also now hinting that the 2014 RVOs for ethanol will be higher than the proposed level released last November, based on updated data since the proposed rule was published. The 2014 RVO rule should have been finalized in November 2013. Instead, it was only first proposed during that month. Likewise, the 2013 final rule,...
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.