The two major U.S. political parties generally find ways to take polarizing positions on everything, and that includes agriculture. UK Upper hand The French government is making it clear that it wants the UK out of the EU as soon as possible. Basically, Prime Minister François Hollande does not want the Brexit issue still around during next year’s French elections unless it involves reports of severe damage to the British economy. However, newly minted UK Prime Minister Theresa May says that she will not initiate Article 50 and her country’s exit until the terms are negotiated with Brussels. On that point, the Brits have the upper hand. The public has voted, but it is the British Parliament’s decision about how and when to actually exit...
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.