Will India's Economic Growth Keep Pace? India's economic growth may stagnate anywhere between 5-6 percent this fiscal year, and may continue to fall below 6 percent next year as well due to the slowdown in the European and U.S. markets. First quarter growth during FY 2012/13 was 5.5 percent. In the latest budget, the finance minister projected GDP growth at 7.6 percent in FY 2012/13. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) also lowered its growth projection from 6.5 percent to 5.8 percent. However, a more positive report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) asserts that India's buying power is increasing, and will continue to do so in the next 50-year period. The report also predicts India's GDP will increase seven...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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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.