Now that some political jurisdictions are beginning to open with varying interpretations of safety, it has elevated the question of when is it safe to go back to work and what is an employer’s liability? President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to mostly prevent meat packing plant closures due to legal liability concerns. Now the question of liability over COVID-19 health risks is being raised in factories, on farms and in federal agencies. Politicians are lining up in the usual way with the left defending workers and the right defending businesses. Publicity over the plight of meat fabrication workers has prompted legislation that would give both legal and undocumented farm workers enumerated rights. While the return...
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...
From WPI Consulting
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.