First things first, happy Veteran’s Day! All of us here at WPI extend a heartfelt “Thank you” to all who have served, and are currently serving, our country. Regardless of party politics and ideological differences, America could not exist without your service and we are grateful for your sacrifice. The markets were mostly as expected today with unwinding of old long soy/short grain trades dominating the day. Uncertainty over the trade war negotiations also pressured the markets. News that international soybean buyers, especially Chinese crushers, are sitting back waiting for clarity on geopolitics was further discouraging for the soybean market. USDA’s weekly Export Inspections and Crop Progress report...
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.