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...
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...
