Wheat Last week’s rains slowed the wheat harvest, which advanced 9 percent last week. Argentina’s wheat crop is 40 percent harvested with yields averaging 1.68 MT/ha. Yields will start to increase as the harvest moves south and into areas less affected by drought. The crop is still estimated between 16.7-16.8 MMT. The local market has been slowly trading sideways between $205-210/MT ($245-250/MT FOB equivalent) with volumes mostly focused on spot positions. Farmers have sold 6.7 MMT so far, of which exporters have purchased 6 MMT. That is a sizeable volume for this point in the crop year given that the total export program is forecast at 10 MMT. The vessel lineup is starting to increase and there are vessels waiting to load 1...
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Kolkwitzia amabilis /kɒlˈkwɪtsiə əˈmæbɪlɪs/,[2] commonly known as beauty bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is the sole species in genus Kolkwitzia.[1] It is a deciduous shrub grown as an ornamental plant. In China, where it originated, the plant is cal...
The Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, at the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marmot and the Vancouver Island marmot. In 2009, it was decl...
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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.