Macroeconomics and Policy Argentina’s outgoing presidential administration’s first post-election measure was to increase the percentage of foreign currency that exporters can re-enter into the system through the free exchange market (financial dollar). Now, exporters can allocate 50 percent to the free market (which trades at approximately 900 ARS/USD) and 50 percent at the official exchange rate (approximately 356 ARS/USD). This significantly boosted the payment capacity, which was immediately reflected in peso-denominated offer prices. The outgoing administration also moved to change the exchange rate used for soybeans. In November, soybeans were paid using a weighted exchange rate of 70 percent at the official dollar...
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...
We have described the long-term investment climate in crop and livestock production, using data primarily from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The data provided background on the current investment climate and outlook for agricultural capital formation. Our conclusion was that investment...
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Illuminating the value of technical research
On behalf of a commodity producer organization, WPI evaluated the outputs from a project that featured a $5 million investment into technical research over multiple years. WPI’s team captured the results of this extensive effort and synthesized them for presentation to the organization’s governing board; among the findings uncovered and presented for the first time was the development of genomic traits proven, via rigorous testing, to provide crop yield advantages of 50 percent or more to U.S. farmers in times of drought. Capturing measurable results from long-term efforts can be challenging. Educating clients on the dynamics of success measurement when quantifiable results are not readily available requires deep client-consultant collaboration and an ability to consider both near- and long-term client aspirations with market/policy dynamics – attributes that WPI brings to every consulting engagement.