The CBOT was mixed to start the week with little conviction from buyers or sellers. Corn futures tried to rally but lacked much follow-through buying interest and settled with modest gains. Soybeans were quiet but with a touch of firmness while wheat futures were mostly lower. Funds were mostly on the sidelines for today’s trading as weak longs were flushed out last week and remaining longs are adopting a “wait and see” strategy before selling or buying more. With the May WASDE behind us, the weather, export trends, basis levels, and updated acreage estimates (before USDA’s June report) will be increasingly important. The 2021 crop continues to enter the ground at a neck-breaking pace with 80 percent of the co...
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.