World Perspectives, Inc. is a Washington, DC-based agricultural consulting firm providing daily and monthly analytical reports on markets and policy, plus a wide range of specialized services including market, policy and investment analyses, program audit and evaluation work, as well as other custom or proprietary services.
However, the best way to learn about a company is to look at what its customers have to say about it.
One customer described them as wise, prompting a retort from their most senior analyst, Bob Kohlmeyer, that calling them wise is just a polite way of saying they are old. The rest of them prefer to interpret it as meaning they are very experienced. The company was formed in 1980 and you can see from the bios listed under the staff and contributor tabs that collectively they benefit from several decades of experience in Fortune 500 agribusinesses, agricultural trade associations and high level government policy making positions.
They have published over 10,000 daily reports and more than 300 monthly reports that drill down deeper into the topics they love. And while their most frequent focus is on the major traded products -- grains, oilseeds and livestock products, their consulting work has included everything from almonds to wine and has involved work in nearly 60 countries around the globe.
So what do their customers get from accessing all of this wisdom? Insightfulness, well-founded opinion, direction, mistake avoidance -- basically the things that enable improved business planning and ultimately enhanced profitability. They build business confidence. It is the only explanation for why the firm's customers have continued to support their work for over 30 years.
