Everyone associates crop stress with heat and dryness. It can also be caused by too much water, and this is starting to attract some attention as the rains just won't stop across a significant portion of the U.S.This early summer is shaping up to be the wettest ever for a significant portion of the CornBelt and Northern Plains. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Wednesday that the Minneapolis airport had already received 86 percent of the normal meteorological summer rainfall in the first 24 days of June. More significantly, forecasts indicate the rainy season isn't over yet, and this entire region could see one-three inches by the end of the weekend. It's also an interesting side note that the drought-stricken Southwest, especially Cali...
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...
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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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.