The market was in the red across the board at the open and mostly stayed that way. The exceptions being corn and lean hogs. They broke to the upside late morning and while lean hogs wobbled, both were in the green at the close. Despite the downbeat of the past two sessions, corn and the soy complex are still up for this trading week. The same cannot be said about wheat, which unlike other commodities, doesn’t have the floor provided by good exports, Brazilian weather, or tight stocks.
As usual, Brazil and China are the two market movers. Weather-watchers know some relief is coming to Brazil next week, but it is only short-term relief at this juncture. The long-range still looks like a challenge to Brazil’s more i...
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...
