Farm Bill Trouble The conservative Freedom Caucus flexed its muscle in holding up the election of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-California) in becoming Speaker of the U.S. House. Based on the Caucus’s past positions on Farm Bill programs, they are likely to prevent passage of new legislation this year. During consideration of the 2018 Farm Bill, the Caucus sought to phaseout all farm programs including subsidies to the crop insurance program. They were a driving force behind the proposed deep cuts in SNAP domestic food assistance programs. Ultimately, the bill failed in the House as Democrats opposed the SNAP reductions and the Freedom Caucus voted no because the cuts were not deep enough. Aggie Gets Ways & Means The election of...
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.