While today’s USDA export sales report showed exporters had good success selling U.S. soy last week, it also indicates that sales and exports of soymeal to Mexico thus far are particularly up sharply. Good Soy Export Sales Last Week Today’s USDA export sales report showed exporters had good success selling U.S. soy last week. It indicated they had net sales of soybeans for shipment in 2015/16 of 1.7976 MMT, 23 percent above the past four-week average. The main destinations for the sales were China (1.6444 MMT), the Netherlands (90,400 MT), Spain (72,700 MT), Taiwan (68,600 MT), Egypt (66,000 MT), Portugal (60,600 MT), Bangladesh (50,700 MT), Italy (40,000 MT) and Tunisia (27,600 MT). Those sales were partially offset, mostly by shifts fro...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
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.