Markets were stronger overnight, led by (of all things) wheat. There were several reasons for that strength last night and today, including the following:
Weather across the U.S. southern Plains remains warm to hot, dry and windy. Yields and the percentage of harvested acres are both going down. There are some weather concerns surfacing in the Black Sea region. It is dry across Brazil’s corn region. USDA announced the sale of 120,000 MT of soybeans to Argentina for MY 2018/19. Today’s crop progress report highlights the slow planting progress of spring wheat and corn as well as the poor conditions of the hard red winter wheat crop. There is some optimism that the U.S. team headed to China will make progress on the trade...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Kolkwitzia amabilis /kɒlˈkwɪtsiə əˈmæbɪlɪs/,[2] commonly known as beauty bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is the sole species in genus Kolkwitzia.[1] It is a deciduous shrub grown as an ornamental plant. In China, where it originated, the plant is cal...
Gloriosa is a genus of 12 species in the plant family Colchicaceae, and includes the formerly recognised genus Littonia. They are native in tropical and southern Africa to Asia, and naturalised in Australia and the Pacific as well as being widely cultivated.[3] The most common English names are...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
