Tomorrow (28 February) is the first day for delivery intentions against March futures contracts. As of the close yesterday, more than 105,000 contracts of March corn and about 72,000 contracts of March soybeans remained open. The grain, soybean and soymeal markets are heavily overbought and ought to be technically vulnerable to a major price correction. However, this seems unlikely to happen until there is some significant relief for the Argentine and U.S. Plains droughts. This is not to say that prices will not decline at all, but if/when they do, it is likely to be limited and of short duration. There are chances for a few widely scattered showers around the peripheries of both areas, but relief for either drought does not appear in the...
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...
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.