This may be one of the most difficult presidential elections to predict in modern history -- or at least the history of polling. The election is one week away and the final stretch of the race has been hampered by Hurricane Sandy. The two fronts from the North and Midwest are predicted to create a "Frankenstorm" for at least two days this week in critical swings states: Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania.With a week to go, there are 146 electoral votes up for grabs in 11 toss-up states, including Colorado (9), Florida (29), Michigan (16), Nevada (6), New Hampshire (4), North Carolina (15), Pennsylvania (20), Virginia (13), Wisconsin (10), and Corn Belt states Ohio (18) and Iowa (6). Right now, Iowa and Ohio...
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...
Key Market Insights Geopolitical Limbo: Geopolitical risk remained a key driver across global commodity markets today. President Trump stated that the Iran memorandum of understanding is not yet final and warned that military action could resume if negotiations fail. Both sides continue w...
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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.