In terms of production yield, the largest farms can generate 3%-4% returns annually.
And to me it seems quite unlikely that world net production (production minus the oil product use needed to yield that production) will grow by that much.
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Keep in mind these early results are based off of pre-production hardware and final units could yield welcome improvements in the form of software optimization.
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"Suppliers will ramp up production and try to improve the yield rate for the new iPad in the fourth quarter before its official launch in early 2012, " said a person at the supplier.
The Company is principally engaged in the design, development, manufacturing and marketing of yield-enhancing, production support solutions for specialized applications in the supply chain of the electronics industry, primarily for PCBs and FPDs.
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Crop production is consistently setting records for overall yield and yield per acre.
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To get there, the startup needs to develop higher-yield algae strains, cut production costs and attract capital.
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In its September Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook, the USDA notes an overall milk production reduction for 2012 based on a lower forecast for milk yield per cow.
"Our challenge is to increase the yield before we can go into any form of industrial production, " he said.
Gross margins are also taking a hit with new product yield issues and, with the overhead from the new production line, we could see gross margins hover around low 30% for several quarters.
Like the pork and beef industries, in the early spring of 2012, the chicken industry believed this summer would yield a bumper corn harvest, and so it upped production levels to utilize this large crop.
Alarm bells started to ring at the firm's headquarters when a Cadbury-financed study by the University of Sussex and the University of Accra found that the average production of a cocoa farmer had dropped to 40% of potential yield, and that the children of cocoa farmers did not want to work in the family business any more.
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The green revolution, which spread enabling technologies of high-yield agriculture across the planet, resulted in doubling of grain production.
"Given that global and U.S. grain inventories remain very tight, grain prices will continue to reflect growing conditions and yield potential for both U.S. and global crop production, " Agrium said, citing a June report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which anticipates global grain and oilseed stockpiles to scrape 35-year lows through 2009.
With a more modest dividend yield than many ex-CRTs, Baytex has managed to grow production and this has enabled the stock to be a standout among its peers.
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The report says production of the poppy was up more than a third on 2006 and good weather helped increase the yield of land already under cultivation.
Conversely, the Founders believed that if individual rights were protected including the rights to think, create and keep the benefits of production the potential talents, ideas and productivity of every member of society would be unleashed to yield an unprecedented prosperity.
Pegatron began making iPad Minis last year, but some people familiar with the situation said low yield rates meant volume was lower than originally planned and Foxconn ended up taking on the bulk of the production.
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