It has been a tumultuous three months for grain and soy markets, which have been roiled by the Trump administration’s aggressive “take no prisoners” approach to trade, trading agreements and trading partners. Imposing tariffs on imports of steel, aluminum, industrial products and, more recently, consumer goods led Mexico, Canada, the EU and China to retaliate with tariffs of their own on a variety of imports from the U.S. Exports of U.S. agricultural commodities have been a prime focus of these retaliatory efforts because they are easy to target and readily replaced by shipments from elsewhere. In addition, farmers and rural areas heavily supported Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, and hitting that constituen...
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...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
The Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, at the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marmot and the Vancouver Island marmot. In 2009, it was decl...
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.