Who could be against industrial hemp production? After all, the U.S. consumes more hemp products than any other country, and yet it is the only major industrialized country that bans its production. CFTC Rules and Reauthorization What a difference a chairman makes. Prior to Timothy Massad assuming the chairmanship of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), congressional Republicans seethed anger at the agency, refusing its requests for funding increases. Agricultural sector representatives were at once perplexed and disgusted by its former chairman, Gary Gensler, for appearing either indifferent or antithetical to their concerns. Spin forward to today and incoming House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-TX) says he h...
What You Need to Know Today: The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 3.75 to 4.0 percent Wednesday, with two officials dissenting in favor of a 25-basis-point increase. The Fed upgraded its assessment of economic growth from "solid" to "strong" but adopted a more patient approa...
Key Takeaways: Expected growth in U.S. soybean crushing capacity and output, driven by biofuel demand, will increase domestic soymeal supplies, with production growth significantly outpacing demand. WPI forecasts soymeal production increasing from 65.8 million short tons in 2026/27 to 70.5 mil...
Russian Grain Markets: 19–23 October 2026 The Russian grain market continued its recovery during the week, although prices remained volatile across regions. Wheat was notably bullish, while feed barley and corn were slower to appreciate, primarily because of weaker export demand amid logi...
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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.