SPREADS Sep. crush trades higher to 80.65c/bu while oilshare trades to 33.87%. The nearby August /Nov bean inverse still remains firm at 9 1/4c, though has backed off from its high of 11c. Sep/Nov trades 1/2-3/4c carry. The Sep/Dec corn spread has widened out to new lows at 10 1/2c. Sep/Dec wheat trades from 5 3/4c to 6 1/2c. Sep. wheat/corn trades from 2.09 1/2c to 2.09 1/2c. PALM OIL Oct. up 41 ringgits. NEWS Stocks are slightly higher today up 39 pts with crude oil prices trading u[ to $41.56/barrel. The big money is still buying gold and selling the US dollar. CALLS Calls today are as follows: beans: 2-4 lower meal: 1.50-1.80 l...
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.
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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