With a presidential election looming next month, Argentine farmers are facing difficult decisions in light of the current economic situation as well as a potential change in government.An old friend from Argentina, who manages a large commercial grain and livestock farming operation in addition to his own farm, summarized his opinion of the situation there in a recent conversation that we had. Below is a recap:
Planted area of all crops will be lower except for soybeans. Wheat is expected to decline by 1.75 million hectares with production dropping to 9.5 MMT. (USDA has it pegged at 11 MMT). Corn planted area will decline by 400,000 hectares with production at 21 MMT. (USDA's latest estimate is 25 MMT.) Soybean planted area will increa...
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...
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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...
