Note: The CBOT and WPI’s offices will be closed Monday, 6 September 2021 for the U.S. Labor Day holiday. The CBOT was mixed on Friday with soybeans and wheat finding some strength while soymeal and corn futures continued their weaker trend. Trading volume was light ahead of the U.S. long holiday weekend and a “risk off” mentality was in play. Funds were net sellers of some 10,000 corn contracts but bought some 6,000 soybean futures and 5,000 contracts of wheat. Position liquidation remains funds’ key theme, however, especially with the U.S. Midwest weather turning favorable. The Port of New Orleans reopened late Wednesday and the U.S. Coast Guard has allowed traffic along the Mississippi river aga...
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.