Last week we reported on the deliberations for a continuing resolution appropriations bill and the policy debate on the next round of COVID. As noted, the deadline for the appropriations package is 11 December. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has stated that she expects the two bills to move together, but also noted that if an agreement on the COVID package could not be reached this week, Congress could reconvene next week. As reported, the plan has $26 billion for the category “Nutrition/Agriculture” with $20 billion set aside for the CCC, but with no further details. That has drawn criticism from outgoing House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN). Peterson was defeated in his re-election bid and will no l...
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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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.