Renewable Energy Fallacy Proponents of renewable energy remain hopeful but frustrated, after decades of work and investment, that the alternative to petroleum has failed to materialize, and fossil fuels remain forecasted to be the dominant energy source for many decades to come. Conspiracy theorists blame oil cartels, auto industry lobbyists and low taxes on fossil fuels (only 20 percent in California). Geoff Olynyk at Stanford points out that "at a fundamental level, we don't create energy, we just change it from one form to another, and physical laws limit the efficiency with which we can do so."In fact, this is the very reason that some hedge funds are fond of shorting the stocks of certain renewable energy companies and why the sha...
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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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.