All Congress had to do was pass the omnibus spending bill before 11 December, the date when the current short-term continuing resolution expires. Each chamber had previously approved the budget agreement, but troubles set in before a final conference version between the two houses could be adopted.In late October, the White House and congressional Republican leadership came to terms on a budget agreement, the “Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015,” for an omnibus spending bill that would last to the end of FY 2016 and extend the debt limit through 2017. At the time, Congress was working under a short-term continuing resolution that was passed 1 October, the eve of the new fiscal year, which provides funding only through 11 December. All Cong...
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.