Corn As WPI readers are well aware, corn prices/basis have risen around the world due to strong demand, most notably Chinese purchases, and tightening supplies. During the past few days, however, world demand has slowed and premiums are reversing their higher trend. For South American origins, premiums seem to have collapsed in the past few days. In Argentina, November/December corn was offered at 175Z a few weeks ago with bids at 165Z. This week offers are at 155Z with no bids in sight. For Brazil, December corn was offered at 200Z and it was hard to imagine a downside, but now offers stand at 185Z versus bids at 165Z. Despite the 20-cent reduction in offer-side premiums, it seems that prices in Argentina did not fall as muc...
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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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.