The 2022 mid-term Congressional election is in four days; that will set the Congressional majorities, committee rosters, and agenda for the 118th Congress. However, the 117th Congress is not yet complete. Here’s a look at what lies ahead in a post-election “lame duck” situation in Congress. FY 2023 started on 1 October, but Congress has not finished any of the 12 separate appropriations bills that fund government operations. This is a long process as those bills go through the appropriations subcommittees, full appropriations committees in each chamber, and then to the House and Senate floor. Before breaking for a recess for the elections, Congress did pass a Continuing Resolution (CR) which extends the FY 2022 baseline f...
What You Need to Know Today: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
The big news in the cattle markets yesterday was Tyson Foods’ move to close two more beef plants. One of them, the Joslin, Illinois, plant was shuttered immediately after the announcement. The other, in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is a case-ready plant that does not slaughter cattle. Tyson also...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...
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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.