Soybeans Brazil The Brazilian market was slow last week. As it has been all year, the real was one of the big factors. The currency has been showing a huge volatility, which determines whether farmers want to sell their soybeans or retain them. It started last week at 3.6 reals/USD and quickly depreciated to 3.95 reals/USD on Thursday. The real then appreciated again to reach 3.7 by Friday, a move of almost 7 percent within a day. Another factor that had an impact was the trucker strike, which is now basically lifted. While the roads are not currently blocked, the market is at a standstill. Negotiating with the government, truck drivers were able to achieve a minimum per-kilometer-of-transport tariff, an increased cost that was not accep...
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.