Grain trade was lackluster with profit taking and position squaring ahead of Thursday’s WASDE report. The livestock markets were another matter, however. The hog market imploded while cattle struggled to find direction after yesterday’s implosion. Wall Street is higher as of this writing with the S&P500 and Dow up fractionally. The U.S. dollar is flat/higher at 96.3 while crude oil futures reached seven-month lows. Crude oil has weakened significantly in recent weeks after a series of actions that some analysts say were motivated by President Trump purposefully attempting to lower prices ahead of the Midterm elections.
Corn December corn finished ¾ cents lower on low volume but remained above key movi...
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...
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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...
