The CBOT was weaker overnight with rains for the Corn Belt pressuring the market. The day session, however, saw corn emerge as the upside leader on technical factors and news of severe crop damage following an Iowa windstorm. Corn and the soy complex traded higher and funds are cautiously watching for a reason to jump back on the long side of the market, but wheat futures continue to see selling pressure. Fresh outside news has been light, and the CBOT continues to trade updated weather forecasts and export sales news/rumors. The latest ocean temperature data show conditions in the Pacific Ocean are developing into a La Nina (cooler ocean temperatures across the equatorial Pacific), which would be the second time in as many years. La...
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.