The two factors driving farm financial health are farm income and borrowing costs. With farm real estate debt having increased substantially since 2008, that debt burden will carry over into 2014 and beyond.USDA released its December farm price index report yesterday. The preliminary All Farm Products Index of Prices Received by Farmers in December at 180 percent (based on 1990-1992=100) was a decline of four points (2.2 percent) from November. The Crop Index is six points (3.1 percent) lower and the Livestock Index is down one point (0.6 percent). Decreased marketing of corn, soybeans, cattle and calves more than offset increased monthly marketing of wheat, milk, broilers and cotton.The Prices Paid by Farmers index is down by one point fro...
A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically several centimeters in length and half a centimetre wide. They were made by humans from at least the Upper Paleolithic, across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The microliths were used in spear points and arrowhea...
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...
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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...
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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.