WPI provides a list of coming USDA reports that will have market-moving interest to our readers. Reports included in this list span those covering feed grains, wheat, oilseeds, livestock, and soft markets. Wed 10/18/2017 11:00 am Fruit and Tree Nut Data ERS 11:00 am Vegetable and Pulses Data ERS 12:00 pm Livestock, Dairy, & Poultry Outlook: October 2017 ERS 3:00 pm Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook: October 2017 ERS 3:00 pm Broiler Hatchery NASS ...
Illuminating the value of technical research
On behalf of a commodity producer organization, WPI evaluated the outputs from a project that featured a $5 million investment into technical research over multiple years. WPI’s team captured the results of this extensive effort and synthesized them for presentation to the organization’s governing board; among the findings uncovered and presented for the first time was the development of genomic traits proven, via rigorous testing, to provide crop yield advantages of 50 percent or more to U.S. farmers in times of drought. Capturing measurable results from long-term efforts can be challenging. Educating clients on the dynamics of success measurement when quantifiable results are not readily available requires deep client-consultant collaboration and an ability to consider both near- and long-term client aspirations with market/policy dynamics – attributes that WPI brings to every consulting engagement.