As we outlined back in March, reform to the Federal Milk Marketing Order (FFMO) pricing formula is a good bet for the farm bill. Indeed, reform efforts are underway administratively now; the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) has petitioned USDA for a hearing on a comprehensive reform plan to the FMMO, and that petition has the support of the American Farm Bureau Federation. The groups have been working for years on FMMO reforms; they’ve submitted five proposals to USDA including: Revert to the “Higher-Of” Class I Mover Prior to the 2018 farm bill, under the FMMO, Class I milk prices were calculated by using the higher of Class III and IV advanced skim milk prices (SMP). In 2018, that was changed to an averag...
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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.