Retail price inflation continues to be an unwieldy political problem for the Biden Administration – especially prices at the gas pump and grocery shelf. This week the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported the that the consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.3 percent in April over March, putting the annualized inflation rate at 8.3 percent over April 2021. In remarks during a farm meeting in Illinois – and a subsequent meeting with a labor union –President Biden blamed the pandemic and Putin. This week’s USDA release of retail meat prices shows that both pork and broiler meat are at record levels.
Beef prices are historically high, but not at the record levels achived in late 2021, except for grou...
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...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
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...
