A little over four years ago (see WPI Wednesday, 26 November 2008), China and the EU announced their respective economic stimulus packages, prompting WPI's Bob Kohlmeyer to write, "Economic stimulus is the new mantra these days." A younger (then-president-elect) Barack Obama had previously "promised that his administration would hit the ground running with a new two-year $500 billion package designed to promote investment, create jobs and jump start the economy."China's proposed changes (cutting bank lending interest rate by 1.08 percent to 5.58 percent and spending $568 billion on infrastructure improvements) "helped grain and soy prices firm overnight on the assumption that the infrastructure stimulus package would support Chinese demand...
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.