China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and Ministry of Education together recently launched the "Training Plan for New Type Professional Farmers." This initiative has come as China struggles to improve agricultural efficiency amid a decrease of rural laborers. China's Corn and Hog Prices Increase with Limited Growth Potential During the week of 11 May, China's cash corn price continued to rise and reached an average of $389/MT, which is up nearly $33/MT from early April. Ongoing government purchases, particularly in northern China, contributed greatly to the price increase. According to data released by China Grain Reserves, the government has purchased over 69 MMT of corn in Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jiin and Heilongjiang since last Novem...
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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.