Soybeans were the leader at the CBOT today while wheat and corn futures failed to find much buying interest. Cattle futures were higher while lean hogs fell in sympathy with lower cash values. The first day for deliveries on November soybeans found fewer notices than were expected, with the CBOT posted 13 contracts of deliveries versus prior estimates of 300+. That allowed soybean futures to recover from their recent beat-down but failed to inspire bulls in any other markets. Wall Street is higher as of this writing with the S&P500 up 1.18 percent and the Dow up 269 points. The U.S. dollar is down from recent highs, losing 4 bps to 97.084 while crude oil futures continued their selloff.
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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...
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...
