Regional News Last week, the European Parliament voted on the EUDR regulation and officially delayed the full implementation of the ruling until December 2025.After a soggy start to autumn for most of continental Europe, particularly the western regions, the recent weather and two-week forecasts have turned considerably drier. The drier weather trend has helped farmers finalize last-minute plantings that were delayed by earlier, rainy weather. Looking ahead, a rainy pattern develops for most of western Europe (all but southern Spain) over the next two or three weeks. Rains will be above average for most regions and temperatures will be much warmer than usual. The latter fact risks delaying the onset of dormancy and hardening in the win...
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.