The CBOT saw corn and soybeans break lower overnight and extend that weakness in the day session with poor export sales data and favorable South American rains offering ample pressure. Corn futures scored a new contract low and are barley above three-year lows right now while the soybean market plunged to its lowest close since June 2023. Wheat futures managed to survive the bearishness of corn and soybeans to end slightly higher due to the cold snap expected for the U.S. Midwest next week. Funds were net sellers in corn and wheat and were essentially flat or slight net buyers in wheat. Pre-WASDE positioning has yet to kick in for the markets, but next week’s trade will likely see such trading start to constrain daily trading ranges...
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.