Livestock Decisions Antibiotics Use: A federal court has ruled that U.S. FDA must proactively determine whether antibiotic use in animals compromises their use in humans by expediting resistance issues. FDA has been clear that it expects antibiotics to be limited to medically important uses, involve a veterinarian, therapeutically used for a limited time period, and phased-out where use is for production enhancing purposes instead of the treatment and control of diseases. It has said that certain drugs are not medically important to humans, but the burden may now be on drug companies to prove that their products are not compromising human health.Uncool COOL: USTR filed an appeal of the WTO dispute settlement panel's ruling that the U.S...
Key Takeaways: President Trump announced $8 billion in additional agricultural assistance through the Harvest Fuel Relief Program, as USDA projects farm fuel and oil expenses will increase 28.8 percent in 2026. The package follows $12 billion in earlier relief, while government farm payments w...
Key Takeaways: A student group from the University of Chicago is protesting to bring back onion futures trading. Trading in onion futures was banned in 1958 following a spectacular bout of market manipulation that resulted in a corner of the physical market. The ban on onion futures led t...
Beef packer margins deteriorated to $141/head last week, down $55 from the prior week as fed cattle prices strengthened while the Choice cutout remained nearly unchanged. The cutout held near $373/cwt while fed cattle prices climbed $4/cwt to $224/cwt, narrowing processor profits. Despite the d...
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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.