High Winds Reduce Canada's Canola Production The amount of canola Canada harvests this year will be reduced as a result of high winds that occurred this week in Saskatchewan. Winds as high 60 miles per hour across much of the province blew swathed canola across fields. Once the dried canola starts moving across fields, the pods shell out and the canola seeds are lost.Because of the loss to the high winds, some Canadian analysts are now forecasting that the Canadian canola crop now will not exceed 14 MMT, which is well below USDA's forecast of 15.4 MMT. Earlier this year some were forecasting the crop would exceed 17 MMT, but high temperatures in July and August took a toll on yields. The loss to wind in the last week only exacerbated the...
ZanzibarMnemba Marine Parksouthern cassowary Mnemba Marine Park is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Stone Town and forms part of the northeastern Unguja Island. A marine reserve and atoll, its shallow stretch of coral reef is in the shape of an oval. It is located between Matemwe and Nungwi, w...
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...
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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.