Russian Grain Markets: 1-5 August 2022 Russia’s harvest campaign continues. As of the first week of August, reports show 56.5 MMT of grains harvested which is 8 MMT behind last year. Grains and legumes are harvested from 13.3 Mha which is 7 Mha behind last year at this time. Yields are much better this year showing 4.26 MT/ha versus 3.18 MT/ha. Specifically, wheat harvest progress shows 48.9 MMT which is in line with last year, however, wheat was harvested from 11 million ha versus 14.3 Mha a year ago. Barley harvest progress is 5.8 MMT versus 10.9 MMT, however, barley was harvested from 1.4 Mha versus 3.9 Mha. Barley yield is 4 MT versus 2.83 MT/ha a year ago. Russian Minister of Agriculture, Dmitriy Patrushev, is concerned that R...
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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