Just hours after a major U.S. election outcome, sparks are flying over future U.S. policy direction with House Republicans warning President Obama not to take unilateral action on immigration policy. Post-Election Politics Just hours after a major U.S. election outcome, sparks are flying over future U.S. policy direction. House Republicans are warning President Obama not to take unilateral action on immigration policy, saying it will "poison the well" for future policy work between the branches of government. Some are suggesting it could potentially harm the effort to pass Trade Promotion Authority in a timely manner for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. Meanwhile, conservative groups are pressuring Republicans against bus...
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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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.