Wheat: Net sales of 300,500 metric tons (MT) for 2020/2021 were down 50 percent from the previous week and 46 percent from the prior 4-week average. Corn: Net sales of 978,300 MT for 2020/2021 were down 63 percent from the previous week and 47 percent from the prior 4-week average. Soybeans: Net sales of 1,468,500 MT--a marketing-year low--for 2020/2021 were down 4 percent from the previous week and 26 percent from the prior 4-week average. Soybean Cake and Meal: Net sales of 145,300 MT for 2020/2021, resulting in increases primarily for Indonesia (55,500 MT, including 50,000 MT switched from unknown destinations and decreases of 100 MT), Bangladesh (45,000 MT), Canada (15,300 MT, including decreases o...
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Illuminating the value of technical research
On behalf of a commodity producer organization, WPI evaluated the outputs from a project that featured a $5 million investment into technical research over multiple years. WPI’s team captured the results of this extensive effort and synthesized them for presentation to the organization’s governing board; among the findings uncovered and presented for the first time was the development of genomic traits proven, via rigorous testing, to provide crop yield advantages of 50 percent or more to U.S. farmers in times of drought. Capturing measurable results from long-term efforts can be challenging. Educating clients on the dynamics of success measurement when quantifiable results are not readily available requires deep client-consultant collaboration and an ability to consider both near- and long-term client aspirations with market/policy dynamics – attributes that WPI brings to every consulting engagement.