The much-anticipated March WASDE featured mostly bullish news for grains and oilseed traders. Notably, the USDA reduced South American soybean and corn supplies by more than traders expected while giving the market some bearish news for wheat. The report did nothing to help the livestock markets, however, which were down early and did not recover. Outside markets are lower but largely irrelevant to commodities on this fundamentally-driven trading day. The biggest influencer is the U.S. Dollar Index which is up 55 points currently and back above 90. The Dow and S&P 500 indexes are slightly lower while COMEX gold futures are down $5/ounce and crude oil extends yesterday’s losses. NYMEX WTI crude oil is down 1.6 percent...
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...
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.