Tuesday’s CBOT trade was all about declining crop conditions and crop tour yield estimates. Both were supportive factors, which sent corn 4+ percent higher by the close and soybeans up nearly 2 percent by the day’s end. The ProFarmer tour finished up its assessment of corn yields in the western Corn Belt, notably South Dakota and Nebraska, where heat and dryness pared production potential significantly. That elicited a positive response from the corn market and funds jumped onto the long side of the trade. Soybeans lacked the same fundamental impetus but rallied on a hotter, drier forecast for the U.S. this week and next, along with persistent bull spreading and physical demand. Outside markets were mixed with U.S. stocks...
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...
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.