It was another day of the weather and Chicago working at cross purposes. Continued heat and dryness are expected to knock corn and soybean yields lower but it was another day of losses for grains and oilseeds. There may be some profit taking ahead of the upcoming three-day holiday weekend, but it could cost more to reacquire positions next week. The heat will drive deeper into U.S. production areas this weekend and into next week with just a chance of showers in the very northern reaches.
Globally, dryness continues to afflict India and Australia, but better moisture is helping Europe, South America, and China. With the U.S. wheat harvest moving along it is not weather pressuring the market but uncompetitive supplies. The multi-da...
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...
