GOOD MORNING, Prices are mostly lower this morning as the markets rallied high enough to draw some profit-taking from the bull as the week draws to a close. Funds who are short may adopt a wait and see attitude, particularly as far as the Chinese shopping list goes. As corn and beans neared new highs for recent ranges there were more reports of hedging interest and cash sales in beans over the last several weeks. Beans have been gaining on corn, as they are apt to do in the month of December, but today the spread has turned a bit as profit-taking in beans sends prices lower. The new bean/corn ratio hit new highs at 2.42, a situation that typically reverses as the calendar turns over from Dec 19 to...
Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.
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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