There seems to be a common thread emerging among many people with vested interests in corn and soybean prices and what direction they take. Farmers, cash grain traders, futures market participants and even many users of grain and soybeans seem joined in the hope for a bullish August WASDE. Many crop scouts and market watchers are of the belief that U.S. corn production will reach or exceed 14 billion bushels and that soybean production will hit 3.8 billion bushels in 2014. Those opinions have undoubtedly been made stronger by this week's timely rains in the central U.S. and by forecasts for additional showers every few days throughout the balance of August. Temperatures are expected to remain average or below, which has been the pattern nea...
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.