Government Increases Assured Wheat Price The Indian government (GOI) last week increased the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat by $11.81/MT, an increase of 5.05 percent. The new MSP will be 13,500 rupees ($245.45) per MT for wheat from the 2013/14 crop. Some say the price increase is a political compulsion and many are opposed to it. The state government, for example, wanted the MSP at 18,000 rupees ($327.27) per MT, which includes all input costs such as diesel, fertilizer, land rental and hiked labor costs. The GOI also allowed an additional 2.5 MMT of wheat from warehouses to be exported in an effort to clear space for the new crop. There are still three months before new crop arrivals begin. According to government statement, the...
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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...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
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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.