According to Rusagrotrans, 1.52 MMT of grain will be shipped from Russian seaports during November, a drop from the 1.7 MMT previously forecast and less than the 1.653 MMT in October. Russian Grain Markets Harvest Update 108.1 MMT of grain (in bulk weight) were harvested from 43.9 million hectares (99 percent of the target) as of 24 November 2015 compared with 110.1 MMT from 43.8 million hectares as of the same date a year ago. Specifically, 63.9 MMT of winter and spring wheat were produced from 25.5 million hectares (99.8 percent of the target) as were 18.3 MMT of barley from 8.2 million hectares (99.9 percent of the target) and 12.4 MMT of corn from 2.4 million hectares (88.5 percent of the target). Also harvested were 9.4 MMT of sunfl...
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...
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.