Soybeans Market Overview The soybean market remained bearish last week with Chinese buyers quiet and Brazilian sellers trying to sell their old crop long positions. Adding to this, last Thursday President Trump tweeted that he had been talking with China’s President Xi Jiping about ending the trade war. CME futures reacted immediately and rose 30 cents in one day. This was not good for Brazilian exporters, who were long basis and looking for Chinese demand. At the same time, Dalian futures dropped 5 percent and reduced crush margins by $30/MT, taking them to breakeven levels. This is also not good for Brazilian exporters nor Chinese crushers since the margins’ collapse eliminated any possibility of the latter purchasing soybea...
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.