Preparing for next week's markups, both the Senate and House Agriculture Committees have released their marks. The Senate bill is the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act and the House bill is the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act. Senate Commodity Title The Ag Risk Coverage (ARC) program:
Is based on county averages; Covers wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, long grain rice, medium grain rice, pulse crops, soybeans, other oilseeds and peanuts (the USDA secretary can add popcorn); Is based on total acres that are planted or prevented from planting, not to exceed total acres planted in 2009/10 crop years adjusted for land coming out of CRP; Requires a one-time election for enrollment; and, Makes p...
A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically several centimeters in length and half a centimetre wide. They were made by humans from at least the Upper Paleolithic, across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The microliths were used in spear points and arrowhea...
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...
