Regional News Europe’s weather is trending warm and dry for the next two weeks but that is only likely to aid crop development after a cool start to the growing season. Most of the region’s wheat and barely crops are in excellent condition while areas where maize is struggling will benefit from warmer temperatures. Eastern Europe and western Ukraine will remain dry this week while western Europe sees widespread showers. Rains return for nearly the entire continent next week, which will aid in refilling soil moisture. Milling Wheat World and European wheat markets are mostly lower to start the week after USDA raised its assessment of the 2021 global wheat crop last week. The agency increased world production...
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Kolkwitzia amabilis /kɒlˈkwɪtsiə əˈmæbɪlɪs/,[2] commonly known as beauty bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is the sole species in genus Kolkwitzia.[1] It is a deciduous shrub grown as an ornamental plant. In China, where it originated, the plant is cal...
Gloriosa is a genus of 12 species in the plant family Colchicaceae, and includes the formerly recognised genus Littonia. They are native in tropical and southern Africa to Asia, and naturalised in Australia and the Pacific as well as being widely cultivated.[3] The most common English names are...
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.