As WPI reported on 13 May, both the House and Senate agriculture committees released broad outlines of their respective farm bill drafts. The House Committee then tabled a full draft and passed a farm bill, the provisions of which were reported here. In the Senate, Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) has expressed her concerns that the House legislation includes too big of an increase in commodity payments, is too skewed toward large farmers, is skewed toward the south (cotton and soybeans), and does not have enough in crop insurance. She also stated, the day that the House Committee was marking up the farm bill, that action in the Senate can start when the Republican Senate minority release their priorities, “I need...
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.