Argentina is not as affected as Brazil by the Chinese soybean situation, but its beans have been found to have quality problems that could be a reason for Chinese buyers to reject them. New Crop Wheat Argentine winter wheat planting is expected to increase approximately 13 percent during the 2014/15 season for several reasons. First, the government is interested in encouraging wheat planting through supportive policies that will allow farmers to receive superior market-related prices. The prospects for favorable international prices appear good due to factors such as the presently dry weather in the U.S. and uncertainties regarding available stocks from the Black Sea region.As a sign of its intent, the government will first release the re...
What You Need to Know Today: U.S. weather is getting more attention this week as conditions vary greatly across the western, central, and eastern corn belts, with the different regions battling dryness and too much rain simultaneously. The ProFarmer Crop Tour began today in Indiana and Nebrask...
Key Takeaways: Argentina is on pace for a record corn crop and record exports in the current marketing year, with abundant supplies likely to keep the country highly competitive in global export markets. Argentina’s record exportable surplus is allowing it to offer highly competitive pri...
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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.