The House of Representatives may take up the FY2024 Agricultural Appropriations bill this week, and then again, it may not. First, in the House, legislation has to go through the Rules Committee where that panel sets the rules of debate, including which amendments are considered in order and which are considered out of order. Lawmakers have already filed between 150 and 160 amendments to the bill, of which many come from the Republican side of the aisle. That means they are more likely to be ruled in order given the Republican majority on the Rules Committee. How fast the Rules Committee acts will determine if the appropriations bill gets to the House Floor. The agriculture bill is one of 12 regular appropriations bills the Con...
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...
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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.