Big Ag continues to play defense and thus gets beaten regularly in its battle against antagonists. The latest black eye was delivered by 47 Green Party members of the European Parliament. Organic Chemical Burden Big Ag continues to play defense and thus gets beaten regularly in its battle against antagonists. The latest black eye was delivered by 47 Green Party members of the European Parliament who dutifully feigned shock when each of them tested positive for glyphosate in their urine samples. The U.S. conducts annual biomonitoring of the body burden for chemicals, and their presence at a few parts per quadrillion or even per million does not mean harm. If industry was serious about challenging its enemies, it would test consumers for th...
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.