No Relief for Argentine Crops Some meteorologists indicate this year’s summer growing season is turning out to be the driest in Argentine history. The only saving grace is that the soils were mostly very moist at planting time, and it will be a while before the drought’s impact is evident. After the driest February in decades along with high temperatures, however, the soybeans are in terrible shape. Last week the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange rated 45.3 percent of the crop as very poor, 30.7 percent as poor, 21.1 percent as fair and 2.9 percent as good or excellent. 72 percent of early-planted soybeans and 85 percent of those planted later were considered poor or very poor. Because of the drought, several analysts have sharply 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...
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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Weighing in on strategic realignment
WPI’s team was retained by the governing board of a U.S. industry organization to review a decision, reached by vote, to invest significant assets into the development and management of an export trading company. WPI’s team conducted a formal review of this decision and concluded that the current level of market saturation would limit the benefits of the investment. Based on WPI’s analysis and recommended actions, the board subsequently reversed its decision and undertook a strategic planning effort to identify more impactful investments. On behalf of numerous clients, WPI has not only assisted in identifying strategic paths but also advised their implementation.