The CBOT was called to open weaker after a weekend of favorable weather and expected planting progress in the U.S., combined with welcome rains across Europe and the Black Sea. The markets did just that, with corn and soybeans ending lower for the day while wheat prices managed to firm slightly. Funds held a larger-than-expected long position in wheat per Friday’s CFTC report, which lent support to that market today. The weekly Export Inspection report was bullish sorghum but neutral corn, soybeans, and wheat. Corn shipments were better-than-expected and exceeded the volume needed to keep pace with USDA’s latest forecast, but the 34 percent YTD decline in shipments left the report with a neutral interpretation. Soybean and whea...
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...
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.