The only markets that could hold gains today were September soybean and soymeal futures. Corn and wheat traded lower most of today's session with the new crop soybean contracts down as well. General Comments Markets opened last night with corn steady and wheat and soybeans slightly higher. There were many things to consider heading home for the weekend:
It is a long holiday weekend in the U.S., the last of the summer. Markets will not open again until Monday evening. Three days is a long time for events to unfold in the Black Sea between Russia and Ukraine. That left more uncertainty for wheat than for corn or soybeans. Weather is somewhat of a factor over the long weekend as well. Australia and parts of Argentina need rain. The nort...
ZanzibarMnemba Marine Parksouthern cassowary Mnemba Marine Park is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Stone Town and forms part of the northeastern Unguja Island. A marine reserve and atoll, its shallow stretch of coral reef is in the shape of an oval. It is located between Matemwe and Nungwi, w...
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...