Technology Uptake Policy Climate change is making its mark in the U.S. Midwest this season with excess moisture and in other parts of the globe whether its heat in Europe, drought in Australia or excess snow in the Rockies and Alps. Research in the journal Nature says there is now no reversing the more than 1.5 degrees Celsius rise in global temperatures. The impacts are sparking accelerated interest in technological solutions for agriculture, be it more capable equipment or more elaborate plant genetic modifications. While climate change may encourage the uptake of biotechnology, Pekka Pesonen of the European farm group Copa-Cogeca complains that the new EU-Mercosur trade agreement is imbalanced on the issue of technology. Europe&r...
What You Need to Know Today: Commodities were mostly lower across the board today after yesterday’s Federal Reserve meeting hinted at a potential interest rate hike later in 2026. The dollar index reached its highest level in over a year, and a strong dollar makes U.S. agricultural expor...
Tomorrow is the Juneteenth federal holiday, and the USDA, along with the rest of the federal government and the CME, will be closed, so the monthly Cattle on Feed report was released a day early. The total number of cattle on feed in feedlots with 1,000 head or more capacity on 1 June amounted...
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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.