Although it didn’t start out that way, today’s trading ended mostly in the green for grains and soybeans despite continued weak fundamentals and large net shorts positions by speculators. For the trading week, May corn is now up 4 cents, May soybeans have gained 13.75 cents, and May SRW has added 18.75 cents.
It isn’t export sales that are bolstering the market. Wheat had more washouts, leading to a marketing year low for weekly commitments – though it did beat expectations for sales in 2024/25. Soybeans were unremarkable but it was another solid week for old crop corn and soymeal.
Near-term, weather continues to be benign at best but generally bearish. Soaking rains are aiding crops in central...
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...
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