Trading Dysfunction: Usually Brussels appears to be dysfunctional and Washington efficient by comparison, but it seems to be the opposite at the moment. While U.S. politicians struggle over how to avoid the fiscal cliff and await the Senate to approve most-favored-nation (MFN) treatment for Russia, their counterparts in Brussels have agreed on a 2013 budget and gave the go-ahead for trade negotiations with Japan.Green Washing: While some are warning that the EU's proposed "greening" of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and a 7 percent land set-aside during 2013-20 will cause production shortages, others are busy adding some brown to the green. If the future CAP budget gets cut, greening measures appear to be the first to get a haircut...
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.