That sound you heard today around Noon Eastern Time was the market trying to digest USDA’s decision to triple China’s corn ending stocks. Earlier this week, China said it was revising its production figure higher, and USDA decided boosting the stocks number would be fun too. The net effect of USDA’s move is that world corn ending stocks are up 93 percent (yes, that’s the right number) from last month. Notably, that figure is still down 10 percent from 2017/18. More details on the WASDE’s impacts/implications are listed below and will be further discussed in future WPI articles. Wall Street closed mixed with the Dow is up slightly and the S&P 500 down fractionally. The U.S. dollar finished a modest 1...
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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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.