The final trading day of October saw few tricks or treats for ag commodities ahead of Halloween. The CBOT traded mostly lower in low-volume trade with corn and soybeans firming heading into the close. A risk-off mentality continued to dominate traders’ thinking as macro markets remain volatile ahead of Tuesday’s U.S. elections. Investors looking for stability/less risky trades in macro markets have increasingly bought the U.S. dollar, pushing currency higher and undermining CBOT values, especially wheat. Overnight trading volume was huge, with over 64,000 contracts of December corn trading hands, along with 34,000 contracts of January soybeans and 9,000 contracts of Chicago wheat. The overnight volume was largely due to London-...
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.