Laggard Trade Policy Free trade advocates have long complained about the Obama Administration's laggard initiative on such negotiations. However, the Romney campaign takes some license with the situation in arguing that the president has signed and initiated zero trade agreements. While the roots of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) were with the last administration, this president formally launched it; and he delayed implementation of three free trade agreements (FTAs), but he subsequently signed the implemented. Yes, his snail's pace has been out of deference to organized labor, but they have been displeased that he has bothered to move anything at all. Considering the unlikelihood of a Democratic-controlled Congress moving any trade...
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...
From WPI Consulting
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.