WASDE As could be expected, yesterday's WASDE showed a decrease in meat and poultry production based on an increase in beef driven by drought liquidation, and a more-than-offsetting reduction in pork and poultry production. Pork is down on lower weights and fewer animals; poultry is down based on higher soybean meal prices. Interestingly, beef exports are held the same for the remainder of 2012 and drop in 2013 despite higher production. And as we reported last week, there is the potential opening of the Japanese market to U.S. beef.Like in the U.S., production costs are up substantially in Brazil. According to the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, pork and poultry production costs were at record highs in August. Pork production costs...
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...
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...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
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.