Livestock U.S. Beef Exports Continue on Record Run When 2020 finally comes to an end, it will likely be remembered as the year when U.S. beef and beef products firmly reestablished their presence in the China market. In May, a total of 1,670.6 MT left U.S. ports for the Middle Kingdom with a total value of $13.19 million. Since the reopening of the market in summer of 2017, May’s monthly figures marked the second best month and the highest since last December. Through the first five months of 2020, total beef and beef product exports to China have amounted to 4,925.6 MT worth $38.90 million. That compares to annual totals of 10,637.6 MT and $86.10 million for all of 2019. The average export value for May was $3.58/lb. down from $3.8...
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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.