The Russian Ministry of Agriculture lowered its 2015 grain production forecast from 100-103 MMT to 100-101 MMT. The export volume is estimated at 30 MMT. Russian Grain Markets Harvest Update 93.2 MMT of grain were harvested from 38.4 million hectares (81.7 percent of the target) as of 28 September 2015 compared with 96.1 MMT from 38 million hectares as of the same date a year ago. This specifically included 60.3 MMT of winter and spring wheat from 23.4 million hectares (87.1 percent of the target) and 17.3 MMT of winter and spring barley from 7.6 million hectares (85.3 percent of the target). Also produced were 4.2 MMT of corn from 833,100 hectares, 4.3 MMT of sunflower seed from 2.4 million hectares (35 percent of the target), 804,400 M...
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...
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...
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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.