Corn Currently, Argentina’s corn harvest is 27.4 percent complete after advancing another 1 percent last week. The harvest is significantly delayed compared to recent years, primarily due to high moisture content of the grain and farmers’ focus on harvesting soybeans first. The greatest progress has been in the core zone with 85 percent already collected. Last week was interesting in Argentina’s corn markets. With CBOT futures posting a loss for the week, Argentine prices rallied through the week on strong trading volume. Prices for spot positions were up about $10MT/MT, while the June and July/August positions were up $10 and $15/MT, respectively. With the FAS market rising strongly and Chicago falling, one could...
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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.