It was a modest day in the pits with wheat in the green and corn and soybeans in the red. After yesterday’s profit-taking there was leveling out today ahead of the weekend as traders await more actionable factors early next week. A U.S. – China bilateral consultation scheduled for tomorrow that some worried could be a negative impact turned out to be postponed. China’s consistent purchasing of soybeans this past week should continue and provide a floor under the market. Smart money is waiting to see Monday’s crop progress report, and it awaits clarity on future weather patterns (currently cooler and drier). A DTN estimate put the U.S. corn yield at 183.9 bushels/acre, up 2.1 bushels from the August WASDE, but...
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...
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.