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December 27, 2017
Grain Market Outlook
The recent upward trend in the relative value of the U.S. dollar began in earnest after the trade‐weighted
dollar index was valued at 77.5480 in August 2014. This trend continued throughout the remainder of 2014‐
2015 into early 2016 – with the index climbing to a high of 95.3919 in December 2016 (up 23.0% from August
2014). Since then the index declined 8.7% down to 87.0803 in September 2017, before moving higher again to
an average of 88.6866 in October, and 89.1571 during November, and 88.9664 during Dec. 1‐15, 2017 period.
In addition, since January 2007 the monthly price of Ordinary Protein HRW Wheat in Kansas City,
Missouri has averaged $6.97 per bushel with a median value of $6.84 – which also indicates positive skewness
(i.e., a few extremely high values pulling up the average) (Figure 3). Over the same period the monthly price of
Ordinary Protein HRW Wheat at Texas Gulf Ports has averaged of $6.48 per bushel with an equivalent median
value of $6.48. The average difference between KC MO and Texas Gulf Ports HRW Wheat cash prices during
this period was $0.29 per bushel – with KC MO prices averaging higher than in Texas Gulf Ports. The median
difference was $0.20 per bushel (i.e., KC MO price greater than the Texas Gulf price), with a minimum of
($0.30) under in September 2009, and a maximum of $1.48 over in February 2008.
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Figure 2. Monthly U.S. Trade Weighted Dollar Index (Major Currencies) vs TX Gulf & KC MO Wheat
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Assessing Business Opportunities
Abstract
Business development is crucial for sustained economic progress and individual well‐being.
This paper describes how to provide support for business development efforts in communities
in conflict environments or only recently emerged from conflict environments. It uses the
Cascade Approach® to provide a clear and practical framework for developing businesses that
are carefully and deliberately discovered by people who are passionate about them and are
capable of marshaling the requisite resources to transform ideas into exploitable value.
The author is an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State
University. He may be reached by telephone at (785) 532‐3520 and by email at
vincent@ksu.edu.
There are worksheets accompanying this paper and they are available at www.Agmanager.info.
Contents
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 1
Research Problem and Paper Outline ......................................................................................... 1
PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL FRAMEWORK ........................................................................................... 3
The Geography of Economic Thought ........................................................................................ 3
Our Assumptions Are Not Necessarily Universal ........................................................................ 4
Establishing the Purpose for Action ............................................................................................ 6
PART II: OPPORTUNITY DISCOVERY AND ASSESSMENT.................................................................. 8
Defining the Person Searching for Opportunities ....................................................................... 8
The Conscious Search for Opportunities .................................................................................... 9
Assessment of Identified Opportunities ................................................................................... 11
Transforming Opportunities into Exploitable Value ................................................................. 12
Marshaling of Strategic Resources ........................................................................................... 16
Assigning Responsibilities ......................................................................................................... 18
PART III: FROM STRATEGIC THINKING TO STRATEGIC ACTION .................................................... 19
There Are No Islands ................................................................................................................. 19
Executing the Ideas ................................................................................................................... 20
There Are No Linearities, Expect Breakdowns .......................................................................... 22
CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................. 23
REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................. 24
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Practical Strategies for Business Development in
Conflict and Post‐Conflict Environments
Vincent Amanor‐Boadu
August 2009
INTRODUCTION
Conflicts can have adverse effects on people’s decision‐making capacity
and influence their relationships. This is because conflicts affect the
sensemaking that people bring to events and situations. Entrepre …
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