Russian Grain Markets: 9-15 October 2013 Harvesting Updates As of 14 October, grain and leguminous crops were harvested on 38 million hectares, 86.3 percent of the planted area. The volume of grain produced was 84.2 MMT with the average yield of 2.22 MT/hectare (1.88 MT/hectare in 2012). Specifically, wheat was harvested on 21.7 million hectares, 90.4 percent of the target (51.2 MMT produced with the average yield of 2.36 MT/hectare), barley was harvested on 7.5 million hectares, 87.9 percent of the target (15.2 MMT produced with the average yield of 2.04 MT/hectare), corn was harvested on 722,000 hectares, 29.8 percent of the target (3.8 MMT produced with the average yield of 5.2 MT/hectare). Sunflower seed was harvested on 2.3 milli...
Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve Kiwengwa/Pongwe Forest Reserve is located on the northeast coast of Unguja, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the Town. The reserve is an important biodiversity spot in the coral rag zone. The forest reserve is rich both in faunal and floral species. The faunal species r...
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Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
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Forecasting developments in production agriculture
On behalf of a private U.S. agricultural technology provider, WPI’s team generated an econometric model to forecast the movement of concentrated corn production north and west from the traditional U.S. Corn Belt. WPI’s model has subsequently provided quantitative support to a multi-million-dollar investment into short-season corn variety development. WPI’s methodology included a series of interviews with regional grain elevators and seed consultants. Emphasizing outreach and communication with stakeholders who possess intimate sectoral knowledge – on-the-ground insights – is a regular component of WPI’s methodologies, made possible by WPI’s ever-growing network of industry contacts.