Euro Cup predictions – ag style – Part II

Jun 08, 2021

Using ag data to predict the winners of the last three groups

By Diego Flammini
Staff Writer
Farms.com

Soccer fans around the world are gearing up for Friday’s start of the 2020 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) European Championships, also known as the UEFA Euro Cup.

The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in June and July of last year but rescheduled because of the pandemic.

Fans and analysts are submitting tournament brackets, and Farms.com is no different.

Farms.com will determine the group and knockout stage winners using available ag data.

Countries where agriculture is a higher percentage of its overall GDP will move onto the second round of the tournament and so on.

Earlier in the week, Farms.com looked at Groups A, B and C.

This article will focus on Groups D, E and F.

All figures are from 2019 and in $USD unless otherwise noted.

Group D	Countries	GDP in 2019	Ag Percentage of GDP
	England	£2.17 trillion	0.61 percent
Winners of Group D	Croatia	$60.75 billion	2.78 percent
	Scotland	£168 billion	About 1 percent
Advances to knockout stage	Czech Republic	$250.7 billion	2.5 percent

Group E
Winners of Group E	Spain	$1.39 trillion	2.65 percent
	Sweden	$530.9 billion	1.44 percent
Advances as third-place team	Poland	$595.9 billion	2.15 percent
Advances to knockout stage	Slovakia	$105.1 billion	2.53 percent

Group F
Winners of Group F	Hungary	$163.5 billion	3.47 percent
Advances to knockout stage	Portugal	$238.8 billion	2.07 percent
Advances as third-place team	France	$2.716 trillion	1.6 percent
	Germany	$3.861 trillion	0.72 percent

Be sure to check back tomorrow when Farms.com will publish its ag-related Euro Cup bracket to determine the tournament champions!

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#CortevaTalks brings you a short update with Cereal Herbicides Category Manager, Alister McRobbie, on how to get the most out of Broadway® Star.

Significant populations of grassweeds, including ryegrass and brome, can threaten winter wheat yields. Spring applications of a contact graminicide, such as Broadway Star from Corteva Agriscience, can clear problem weeds, allowing crops to grow away in the spring.

Broadway Star (pyroxsulam + florasulam) controls ryegrass, sterile brome, wild oats and a range of broad-leaved weeds such as cleavers. It can be applied to winter wheat up until GS32, but the earlier the application is made, the smaller the weed, and the greater the benefit to the crop. Weeds should be actively growing. A good rule of thumb is that if your grass needs cutting, conditions are right to apply Broadway Star.