Russian Grain Markets: 15-19 April 2019 While grain prices on the domestic market mostly dropped in RUB expression, they grew slightly in USD expression due to the strengthening of the ruble. Meanwhile, the average milling wheat sea export price fell to $222/MT FOB Black Sea, and purchase prices decreased to $190-192/MT CPT-Black Sea port. The average feed barley export price declined to $192/MT FOB, and the average purchase price dropped to $170/MT CPT-Black Sea port. GEOGRAPHICALLY 3rd grade soft milling wheat prices fell in Central (-RUB 135/MT), the South, Ural and Black Soil (-RUB 20-30/MT), and Volga Valley and Siberia (-RUB 50/MT). 4th grade soft milling wheat prices grew in Central (+RUB 20/MT) but decreased in Black Soil, Ural...
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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.