Early morning gains gave way to afternoon losses in the CBOT markets while livestock futures were steady/higher. The weather remains moderately bullish row crops. This weekend’s weather was unusually hot and dry across the U.S. Midwest and Southern Plains. Unfortunately, this looks to be the first of several such spells, with hot weather again returning at the end of this week. While late-May heat correlates poorly with eventual corn and soybean yield losses, the present weather pattern suggests the summer will be hotter and perhaps drier than ideal. Elsewhere in the world, the Black Sea remains under a warm/dry spell while the spring wheat crop in Russia is too cool/wet. To date, approximately 60 percent of Russia’s spri...
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.