Livestock Live Hog Prices Remain Firm as Fall Holidays Near China’s domestic hog prices continued to rally here in the second half of August. The national average rose last week by RMB .88/kg ($.06/lb.) or 4.1 percent. With domestic corn prices continuing to ease, the average profit per live hog ticked up by RMB 106/head ($15.74/head) or 17.2 percent. Similarly, the corn-hog ratio on a cash basis saw another uptick last week to 8.03. According to the latest commodity price monitoring data from China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the average ratio of the live hog price versus feed prices increased here in the last week of August by just over 1.1 percent to 6.34. With the traditional Mid-Autumn festival s...
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...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
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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.