The much-anticipated March WASDE featured mostly bullish news for grains and oilseed traders. Notably, the USDA reduced South American soybean and corn supplies by more than traders expected while giving the market some bearish news for wheat. The report did nothing to help the livestock markets, however, which were down early and did not recover. Outside markets are lower but largely irrelevant to commodities on this fundamentally-driven trading day. The biggest influencer is the U.S. Dollar Index which is up 55 points currently and back above 90. The Dow and S&P 500 indexes are slightly lower while COMEX gold futures are down $5/ounce and crude oil extends yesterday’s losses. NYMEX WTI crude oil is down 1.6 percent...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
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A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
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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.