General Comments Most equity and commodity markets around the world today were waving scarlet flags. Investors/speculators with long positions began to aggressively liquidate them and, in the course of doing so, drove prices deeply into the red. Many commodities have enjoyed late winter rallies that ultimately pushed prices into technically over-bought territory. Meanwhile, stocks have also been moving higher after the Greek debt Band-Aid with U.S. stock indices reaching the highest levels since 2008. Stock markets seemingly were giving a positive spin to just about every bit of economic news whether deserved or not. Sooner or later the law of gravity had to take over, but the question was when and why.Those questions may have been answe...
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.