The CBOT was expectedly quiet today ahead of the Christmas holiday. Fresh news was hard to come by overnight and the markets traded a tight range with little interest in making significant moves one way or another. The weather in South America remains friendly and Argentina’s drought risk is diminishing. Overall, there was the typical lack of trading interest and/or news to spark excitement at the CBOT. Yesterday’s Export Inspections report featured disappointing corn shipments but bullish soybean and wheat exports. Despite a 20 percent weekly reduction in soybean inspections, the shipment volume exceeded the needed value by roughly 50 percent. Similarly, wheat shipments were above their value needed to keep pace with USD...
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.