The general election will be held in Argentina next month (27 October) with the two leading candidates for president being the incumbent, Mauricio Macri, and Alberto Fernández. The outcome is viewed as critical for Argentine agriculture since Fernández is allied with former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and the Peronists who boosted export taxes during the last time in power. At one-point, agricultural export taxes represented 23 percent of government revenues. By contrast, President Macri eliminated the export tax on wheat, corn and sorghum in 2015, and reduced the tax on soybeans from 35 percent to 30 percent. Agriculture’s contribution to government revenues fell to 7 percent. As a condition for a $...
What You Need to Know Today: Crude oil prices extended their rally today, supported by several developments, including escalating Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabian oil infrastructure and growing concerns about supply disruptions. The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to remove 50 perc...
Regional News Dry weather across the UK and Europe is becoming increasingly concerning for the 2027 crops as planting intentions are lowered amid dry soil conditions. Delayed sowing or establishment under adverse conditions could leave crops more vulnerable to frost/freeze events and dise...
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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.