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Transitioning to Trump at USDA and in Congress

Monday is the Presidential Inaugural. This week has seen several Senate confirmation hearings on cabinet appointees.  Both the Republicans and Democrats, Trump transition team, and Congress are prepping for the new Administration which will show up to work on Tuesday morning.    USDA Subcabinet:  On 25 November, WPI wrote that Secretary of Agriculture nominee designate Brooke Rollins’ success as Secretary will “be aided by the sub-cabinet appointees that fill out the rest of USDA.” Three nominees for those posts were named yesterday. Much like the first Trump term, the pool of subcabinet appointees draws heavily from State Departments of Agriculture, and two of them would be making an encore appearance at USDA.The p...

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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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