As Russia reports a substantial increase in grain exports thus far in MY 2014/15 compared to a year ago, Rusagrotrans has downwardly revised its forecast for exports in April. Meanwhile, China has agreed to import a notable volume of Ukrainian corn. Russian Grain Markets Planting Update As of 13 April 2015, spring crops were planted on 2.3 million hectares (4.4 percent of the target). This includes grain crops on 1.4 million hectares (4.6 percent of the target). Market Trends: 6-10 April 2015 Grain prices decreased in all regions, mainly due to significant strengthening of the ruble. GEOGRAPHICALLY: 3rd grade soft milling wheat prices decreased in Ural (-$4.70/MT), the South (-$4/MT), Volga Valley (-$3.30/MT), Black Soil (-$2.40/MT),...
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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...
An Ankylosaurus lumbers along the shore of what’s now eastern Montana. Walking low to the ground, the dino uses its flat, leaf-shaped teeth to tear at ferns lining the water. Suddenly, a shadow looms over the herbivore—a Tyrannosaurus rex is hungry. But Ankylosaurus won’t be a...
From WPI Consulting
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.