Today was a day of several important market stories -- unusual for a Friday in early February. Some stories were routine, while others were more weather related. Here's a recap of what you might have missed.
Informa updated its world crop production numbers this morning and the numbers offered mixed results: The company cut Brazil and Argentina's soybean production a combined 6.5 MMT and world soybean production 7.6 MMT (this was more than the traded expected); it also cut the world wheat production estimate by 2.2 MMT, primarily because of reducing Ukraine's production forecast; lastly, Informa also took Argentina's corn crop down from 24 MMT last month to 22.5 MMT today. Stats Canada released its 31 December stocks report. The tabl...
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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