It is now six days since the midterm elections, and several races still aren’t settled, including a few in the Senate of interest to the ag and food sector. Ballot counts continue in the Arizona race with a recount underway for the seat in Florida. Meanwhile, House Representative Kyrsten Sinema has taken a lead in Arizona and is likely to flip that seat, currently held by Republican Jeff Flake, to the Democratic column. There are about 215,000 votes left to count, all in counties where she has an advantage in terms of the number of likely Democratic voters. In Florida, the recount will determine whether current Republican Governor Rick Scott flips the Democratic seat now held by Bill Nelson. Scott presently has a 12,562-vote lead, wh...
What You Need to Know Today: After a period of limited activity, USDA reported a sizeable 613 KMT in soybean export sales, including 330 KMT to China and 283 KMT to unknown destinations, potentially also China. The purchases represent a meaningful pickup in demand and bring China closer to ful...
Key Takeaways: Consumer spending is a key driver of the U.S. economy, and the latest retail sales data indicate that spending remains robust despite inflation. In September, total retail and food service sales rose more than 6 percent year-over-year, with food service spending up 7 percent and...
The Trump import plan for 300,000 MT of beef supplies used for ground beef, i.e., lean trim, from September through November has, according to Secretary Brooke Rollins, brought some relief to beef prices. The Executive Order states that the Secretary of Agriculture will analyze and review the m...
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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.