SPREADS Oct. crush trades to 95.46c/bu while oilshare trades to 34.94%. Corn spreads tighten a bit with Dec/Dec trading into 36 1/2c from 37 3/4c, and values that were as wide as 40c. Sep/Dec corn trades into 11 1/2c from lows of 13c carry. Sep/Nov bean trades into 2 1/2c from 3c. Sep/Dec meal trades from $5.20 to $5.40. Dec wheat/corn trades from 1.77 1/2c to 1.76 1/4c. Sep/Dec wheat trades out to 9c from 8 1/2c. PALM OIL Oct. closed up 40 ringgits. Sep. cash offers for RBD palm oil and olein traded unchanged at $705.00/mt and $707.50/mt, respectively. NEWS Stocks are higher this morning, up 250 pts, with crude oil trading to $42.35/barrel and the US dollar at 93.48. CALLS Calls...
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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