General Comments Markets were weak across the board today following yesterday's weak closes and because today was another one of those "risk off" days. With the Greek austerity agreements still a pipe dream, financial markets lost ground. Crude oil was down as much as $2 a barrel. The dollar was again very strong because no one wanted the euro. This pattern of trade has been in place since the Greek debt problem captured the world's financial headlines last August. Another Greek politician, the deputy foreign minister, resigned today because of the failure to reach a bailout agreement.In the meantime, USDA did announce the sales of 240,000 MT of corn to Egypt and 120,000 MT of soybeans to China. Corn and soybean basis levels remain very...
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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From WPI Consulting
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.