Milling Wheat Wheat prices are higher this week with declining Russian, Canadian, and U.S. spring wheat production prospects driving the rally. The plight of the U.S. and Canadian spring wheat crops has been known for months now but the situation is changing with stubbornly low Russian yields. The market had been looking to the Black Sea to offset the decrease in North American production, a hope that is diminishing quickly. Consultancy SovEcon pegged the Russian wheat crop at 76.4 MMT last week, down 5.9 MMT from its earlier estimates due to lower harvested area projections and declining yields. Russia’s ag ministry reported the average wheat yield was 5 percent lower at 3.48 MT/ha. USDA is expected to lower its estimat...
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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.