Markets started this week on a very strong note. Last week’s rally was mostly the result of concerns about crop production in the EU and Black Sea region coupled with a disappointing spring wheat tour result. Meanwhile, it seems that today’s rally was caused by increasing concerns about the changing U.S. weather pattern and how that might impact corn and soybean yields. In general, U.S. Corn Belt and northern Plains weather was very warm in May and June but quite cool in July. This month was also quite dry following a very wet June, but that didn’t attract much attention because there was no heat that impacted corn pollination. The only thing unusual, as WPI has pointed out before, is that the corn and soybean crops went...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
An Ankylosaurus lumbers along the shore of what’s now eastern Montana. Walking low to the ground, the dino uses its flat, leaf-shaped teeth to tear at ferns lining the water. Suddenly, a shadow looms over the herbivore—a Tyrannosaurus rex is hungry. But Ankylosaurus won’t be a...
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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.