Less than one month ago, the HRW and HRS leading contracts were at their record lows. The SRW leading contract hit its record low at the start of the marketing year. All three contracts are up as cumulative U.S. wheat export bookings are 7.3 percent ahead of the same period last year. However, the export picture changes as one looks at each class of wheat. For example, cumulative SRW bookings are 4.7 percent below a year ago and behind the five-year average. Cumulative SRW exports are down 41.2 percent with weekly net export sales trending down. Yet, the SRW price has climbed the most from its contract low in June, up 15.6 percent. Meanwhile, HRW weekly outstanding export sales are up 35.1 percent year over year and cumulative booki...
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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.