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RVO Countdown

Friday of this week could be EPA’s release date for the final rule on the 2020 required volume obligations (RVO). That rule would include the small refinery offset language proposed by EPA in October. The rule was sent from EPA to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on 6 December; OMB is giving the regulation a final review.   The agency is taking meetings with outside groups through Thursday, which means it would not be released before Friday. Meetings are scheduled at OMB with the National Association of Truck Stop Owners on the 18th and on the 19th with Growth Energy. That company recently shut down its 92-million-gallon capacity plant in Cloverdale, Indiana, and in August converted the facility to an elevator. Cor...

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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.

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