Traders responded last evening to the South American weather situation by pushing soybean and soymeal futures prices sharply higher in heavy trading volume. This carried over into the day session, which saw March soybeans up 29.25 cents at their daily high of $10.75. General Comments It takes the next weather market to remind us how volatile they can be, and we appear to be in the next one now. More heavy rainfall over portions of Argentine soybean and corn areas has exacerbated already existing flooding that threatens to wash out planted fields and prevent or at least delay farmers from seeding unplanted land. By ironic contrast, crop areas in southern Buenos Aires and La Pampa are plagued by drought. The weather is likely to be very dry...
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...
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.