Rains across the dry areas in central and northeastern Brazil did materialize over the weekend with more in the forecasts. This precipitation coupled with the meltdown in almost every other market brought more fund selling to the soy complex today. General Comments The world took a dim view of 2016 today with sharp losses in everything except the U.S. dollar and precious metals. One headline read “Flight to Safety” to start 2016! There were several factors worth noting:
China’s financial markets were down nearly 7 percent on more concerns/worries about the economy there. There is more turmoil in the Middle East with Saudi Arabia and Iran now exchanging threats. Rain in the driest parts of Brazil (central and northeast) did fall over...
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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