This week’s WASDE upped the projections for pork and broiler production and trimmed the beef forecast slightly at 5 million pounds.
The beef forecast is down on lower slaughter but is offset by heavier weights. For the past 10 weeks, slaughter weights have averaged 1,399 pounds, hitting 1,400 pounds for the first week of June. Last week, slaughter weights were 1,398 pounds compared to 1,340 pounds for the same week last year. Year-to-date, slaughter is down 4.4 percent, but beef production is down only 1.7 percent. Pork production was revised up by 40 million pounds with increased slaughter in Q2 and slightly heavier weights; June slaughter weights were 290 pounds, versus 288 last year. No increase in slaughter forecas...
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...
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...
