India is expected to have a robust sugarcane harvest with production at 25.1 MMT in sugar year 2017/18, and there has been considerable discussion about enhancing the mills’ ethanol production capabilities. Sugar or Ethanol India is expected to have a robust sugarcane harvest with production at 25.1 MMT in sugar year 2017/18. 2018/19 is also forecast to be a bumper year (sugarcane is a two-year ratoon crop), and prices may remain stable or move lower. In the past, the mill gate price has been $562.50/MT, which converted to a retail price of $0.65-0.67/kg of sugar. It has been a win-win situation for producers as well as consumers. Sugarcane crushing will start in all major sugar-producing states by October rather than November because 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.