Cash prices for hard red spring wheat across the Dakotas and western Minnesota continue to press lower, and they are now down to $4.25-4.50/bushel for 14 percent protein content across most of the region. That is cheap by almost any measure. Not only have prices continued to collapse, weather hasn’t been cooperating either. It was another wet and cold weekend across most of the northern Plains this past weekend with blizzard warnings for much of the northern third of North Dakota Saturday and Sunday. Very little spring wheat has been planted yet, and the calendar will turn to May on Wednesday. There is now talk that farmers are starting to change their planting intentions, moving away from wheat toward corn and soybeans. The extent o...
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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...
Kolkwitzia amabilis /kɒlˈkwɪtsiə əˈmæbɪlɪs/,[2] commonly known as beauty bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is the sole species in genus Kolkwitzia.[1] It is a deciduous shrub grown as an ornamental plant. In China, where it originated, the plant is cal...
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...
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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.