The Russian Ministry of Agriculture lowered its 2015 grain production forecast from 100-103 MMT to 100-101 MMT. The export volume is estimated at 30 MMT. Russian Grain Markets Harvest Update 93.2 MMT of grain were harvested from 38.4 million hectares (81.7 percent of the target) as of 28 September 2015 compared with 96.1 MMT from 38 million hectares as of the same date a year ago. This specifically included 60.3 MMT of winter and spring wheat from 23.4 million hectares (87.1 percent of the target) and 17.3 MMT of winter and spring barley from 7.6 million hectares (85.3 percent of the target). Also produced were 4.2 MMT of corn from 833,100 hectares, 4.3 MMT of sunflower seed from 2.4 million hectares (35 percent of the target), 804,400 M...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
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Kolkwitzia amabilis /kɒlˈkwɪtsiə əˈmæbɪlɪs/,[2] commonly known as beauty bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is the sole species in genus Kolkwitzia.[1] It is a deciduous shrub grown as an ornamental plant. In China, where it originated, the plant is cal...
The Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, at the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marmot and the Vancouver Island marmot. In 2009, it was decl...
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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.