China was, of course, the focus for today’s trading but the CBOT opened with notable activity before the trade agreement was released. Wheat futures posted strong gains early in the trading day with buy wheat/sell corn trade. The soy complex was broadly weaker after palm oil futures and European rapeseed markets fell during the overnight session. Weaker energy markets helped facilitate sell soyoil/buy soymeal trade, though none of the soy complex products posted a bullish day. This afternoon, President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed the so-called Phase One trade deal between the two countries. The long-awaited agreement is the first step in a full resolution to the trade war that has persisted since mid-2018 and c...
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.