Russian Grains Markets: 15-19 August 2022 Russia’s harvest continues. As of 11 August, grain production showed 75.5 MMT harvested, which is up 600,000 MT from last year. The total area harvested is 18.1 Mha, which is 6.5 Mha behind last year. Specifically, wheat was harvested from 14.2 Mha versus 16.9 Mha (62.8 MMT) a year ago, barley was harvested from 2.4 Mha versus 4.9 Mha and totaling 8.8 MMT, and rice was harvested from 406,400 ha versus 780,700 ha last year and totaling 1.1 MMT. This year, the average yield has increased for all the above crops. In some areas, winter crop planting has begun but is behind compared to last year. The current estimation of the 2022 crop in Russia is around 145 MMT, of which 95 MMT is wheat...
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...
From WPI Consulting
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.