USDA Reported U.S. Cattle on Feed on September 1, 2019 was down 1 percent from September 1, 2018 Placements in feedlots during August totaled 1.88 million head, 9 percent below 2018. Net placements were 1.82 million head. Marketings of fed cattle during August totaled 1.95 million head, 2 percent below 2018. Other disappearance totaled 61,000 head during August, 11 percent above 2018...
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.
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...