The EPA data released today was just as bearish as market participants were expecting for corn and more bullish than expected for soyoil. General Comments The primary event for today's grain markets was the long-anticipated release of U.S. EPA's production proposals for conventional ethanol (and biodiesel). There were general expectations that the adjusted ethanol proposals would be below prior figures (they were) and that the release of that data would prove to be decidedly bearish (it was not). Conventional ethanol proposals were stipulated to be 13.25 billion gallons in 2014, 13.4 billion gallons in 2015 and 14 billion gallons in 2016. The EPA had only one rational choice for 2014 by basically dictating that what was shall be again. Th...
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.
ZanzibarMnemba Marine Parksouthern cassowary Mnemba Marine Park is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Stone Town and forms part of the northeastern Unguja Island. A marine reserve and atoll, its shallow stretch of coral reef is in the shape of an oval. It is located between Matemwe and Nungwi, w...
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...