THE OPEN November beans: 1 higher December meal: .20 higher December soyoil: 15 higher December corn: 1 lower December wheat: steady Prices opened as expected with corn weaker vs. soy. Traders continue to monitor progress for the Gulf, as exports attempt to get up and loading on a normal schedule. News sources report that over 80% of large companies now have power, and some barges were noted loading. At 10:00 export inspections were as follows: beans: 68,059 mt vs. 386,839 mt week ago (vs. an expected 50-250 kmt) wheat: 381,551 mt vs. 370,461 mt week ago (vs. an expected 150-525 kmt) corn: 275,799 mt vs. 583,498 mt week ago (vs. an expected 125-550 kmt) Inspe...
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.