Greens and others in Canada have dreamed up what is termed the “Leap Manifesto,” which they contend would move society closer to utopia, and their aspirations for agriculture and trade are indicative of the mindset. Court Signal on WOTUS Aggies are hoping that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling against the Obama Administration on a technical issue involving the Clean Water Act (CWA) is a precursor to the judiciary’s handling of the Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) case. Without dissent, the High Court ruled in a separate case that "jurisdictional determinations" by the Army Corps of Engineers are challengeable in court. While seemingly a narrow point, a key interpretation by the court is that the broader law itself is vague. Heartening the agricul...
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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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.