Some analysts have long argued that Chinese policymakers made a trade-off decision by favoring domestic corn production and soybean imports. Basically, the nation can produce anything it wants, but it cannot produce everything. As the producer of 22 percent of all global corn and the repository for 61 percent of the world’s carryover stocks, China has been all in on corn. USDA forecasts that the nation’s corn imports this year will match last year’s record level but China-based analysis firm JCI now says they will be 128 percent larger. If JCI’s forecast of 16 MMT of corn imports comes to fruition, China will consume roughly 9 percent of all traded corn. JCI bases its forecast on the adverse impact of multiple typho...
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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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...
From WPI Consulting
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.