Russian Grain Markets: 13-17 May 2013 Planting Updates As of 15 May, spring crops were planted on 22.4 million hectares (44 percent of the target area). Grain Market Interventions The intervention fund put up 45,001 MT of grains for exchange commodity trading on 21 May.Since the beginning of the public grain interventions in 2012, the State Intervention Fund has sold 3.228 MMT of grain for total amount of RUR 26.463 billion. Market Trends During the week in review, market operators' activity was low and grain traders were waiting for the new harvest. GEOGRAPHICALLY: 3rd and 4th grade soft milling wheat prices dropped in Central (-$2-2.50/MT), as well as in Black Soil, Volga Valley and Ural (-$1-2/MT), and they remained unchanged i...
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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Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.