The CBOT started out higher with an overnight rally, but lackluster corn demand and a lack of Chinese sales announcements/rumors left the grain markets to sink lower into the close. The Export Inspections report was bearish corn with shipments for just half of their volume needed this week while soybean and wheat inspections were bullish their respective markets. Funds were net sellers of corn, wheat, and soybeans, liquidating 3,000-4,000 contracts of each commodity.
This afternoon’s Crop Progress report showed corn and soybean harvest slightly behind trade expectations but not by much. Almost half the soybean crop is harvested, which is welcome comfort to the soybean market. Corn harvest progress just touched 30 percent wi...
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...
