Argentina’s restriction on beef exports to control domestic inflation and political upheaval could raise issues over reliability as a supplier. However, Russia has proven that wheat importing countries care more about value (quality and price) than they do about reliability of specific suppliers. Brazil is the world’s largest exporter of beef and is expanding faster than any other supplier. Australia can be a somewhat volatile beef exporter due to more frequent droughts. India’s exports of beef are declining, and the rest are relatively smaller suppliers. As the world’s largest supplier of grain fattened beef, the U.S. has typically emphasized quality in its marketing approach. The mantra for less competitive or sma...
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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.