In his State of the Union (SOTU) address, President Biden outlined a number of policy priorities with potential impacts on agriculture. Many of them are prior policy goals and initiatives which have already drawn at least caution, if not opposition, from the ag sector. For example, highlights from the speech include: Cutting carbon emissions in half by 2030 (just six years away) from 2005 baseline emissions which hold potential for agriculture through carbon sequestration and credit trading, but which could also come with added regulatory costs to agriculture. IBEW workers building and installing 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations, which as the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) said, has the potential to reduce liquid fuel u...
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.
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...