Corn According to the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange, Argentina’s corn harvest reached 98.5 percent with a total collected volume of 49.5 MMT. This means the final production estimate will be 50-50.5 MMT, above the 48 MMT estimated a few weeks ago and close to the 51-MMT trade estimate. Upriver ports are flooded with corn as vessels continue to load below-normal volumes. Consequently, the vessel lineup at south ports is still big (1.1 MMT) with waiting times over 10 days. With port storage full, exporters are only receiving a small number of trucks per day and the volume is from old contracts. They are still not able buy with prompt discharge. Farmers are getting nervous as they need to deliver to receive revenue and avoid...
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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.