The CBOT started the day on a strong note and tried to capitalize on Tuesday’s strength but faltered and ended lower after updated weather models showed meaningful rains for Argentina and southern Brazil in the next two weeks. This week remains relatively dry, but the EU and GFS models show a strong storm system moving in starting early next week and intensifying into February. That caught funds by surprise and sparked a round of position liquidation and short covering in the grain markets. Aside from the South American weather forecast, there was little fundamental news to help guide markets on Wednesday, leaving the rainy forecast to keep futures moving lower.
Uruguay’s Agriculture Minister Fernando Mattos said the co...
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...
