CBOT futures were muted as traders are largely positioning for the September WASDE report on Friday. Corn showed perhaps the greatest weakness, pushing to new lows while the wheat market posted larger losses but stuck to recent trading ranges. The soy complex was volatile with spread trade and choppy action in soyoil driving the market. Cattle futures were perhaps the most interesting markets as the two-week selloff continued and even accelerated today in heavy volume with funds turning into net shorts. The Biden administration is announcing a plan to lower meat prices that it thinks are caused by concentration in the packing industry. The administration will take $1.4 billion in COVID-19 relief money and funnel it towards small meat...
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.