The soy complex was the upside leader Wednesday with dry weather in South America sparking a 20-cent rally in soybean futures. Soyoil was helped higher by palm oil futures and the entire soy complex saw noted fund and end-user buying. Corn futures traded higher, helped by the soybean rally and expectations of tighter ending stocks in the November WASDE. Corn also benefitted from bull spreading against wheat, which kept the latter grain on the defensive for the day. Rumors are circulating that Chinese officials have told importers to suspend wheat purchases from Australia. That should help keep the U.S. export program moving. Markets continue to watch the U.S. election outcomes, for which a winner of the Presidential race has not yet been c...
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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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.