Weather across the Corn Belt and northern plains looks nearly perfect for the next two weeks and maybe beyond. Perfect is warm temperatures and below-normal precipitation. General Comments Markets opened lower Sunday evening on thoughts that the weekend frost/freeze was not as cold or as widespread as feared last Friday. November soybeans were as much as 10-11 lower in the first minutes of trade, but that turned out to be the low for the day. Corn and soybean markets rebounded on ideas that the USDA/FSA acreage numbers to be released tomorrow will reflect lower planted acres than what USDA/NASS has been using. This acreage argument rages every year with no resolution. Smaller planted acres would mean smaller harvested acres and that would...
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.
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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