While the House Agriculture Committee was receiving testimony 'mostly' advising government action to avoid retaliation for a WTO-illegal country-of-origin-labeling (COOL) requirement, USDA sent word regarding the 1 May deadline for providing possible legislative approaches. Institutional Failure Big Ag is accustomed to wild charges of the purported damage it does by New York Times newspaper writers like Mark Bittman, but maybe it should not feel singled out as an industry. The Times' technology writer Nick Bilton has written a piece that "hypothesized" a link between smart watches and cancer. In a tactic that will sound familiar to aggies, the journalist used the long discredited link between smart phones and cancer, consulted an os...
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...
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...
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.