Note: the CBOT and CME markets will be closed on Monday, 25 May and WPI’s offices will be similarly shutdown. The CBOT finished the week with slow, low-volume trade as traders are unwilling to absorb additional risk heading into the three-day weekend. Brokers estimate that funds sold some 4,500 contracts of wheat, 5,000 contracts of corn, and 1,200 contracts of soybeans. The lack of interest in carrying a large position into the weekend was evident in corn as that market sold off early under pressure from funds but closed near the opening value. The U.S. 7-day weather forecast remains favorable for planting and crop growth with above-average temperatures across nearly every region but the Southern Plains. Precipitation w...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
An Ankylosaurus lumbers along the shore of what’s now eastern Montana. Walking low to the ground, the dino uses its flat, leaf-shaped teeth to tear at ferns lining the water. Suddenly, a shadow looms over the herbivore—a Tyrannosaurus rex is hungry. But Ankylosaurus won’t be a...
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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.