Brazilian Soybean Cargo Headed to the U.S. A Brazilian maritime agency last week issued a ship lineup report that indicated a cargo of approximately 27,000 MT of Brazilian soybeans had sailed from the port of Ilheus for the United States. Most likely the buyer is an East Coast crusher. To my knowledge, the purchase has not been verified. However, it would not surprising because the U.S. East Coast and Southeast are the areas that have the least local supply of soybeans relative to soymeal demand, and crushers there are having to pay the most to get domestic soybeans. One suspects this will be only the first of a dozen or fewer cargoes of Brazilian soybeans that will be imported this spring and summer. It is doubtful at this point that so...
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...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
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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.