Chicago was pressured lower today by three key factors:
Badly needed rain dropping this weekend.
Crop tour reports of better yields.
Bearish macro-markets that were in turn pressured lower by concerns about the spread of the Delta COVID variant and Federal Reserve tapering of liquidity stimulus.
Rain makes grain and concurrently causes prices to fall. Right now, the forecast should give a boost to northern Plains/Canadian crops that otherwise have had an unpleasant summer. Volume was mixed with higher participation in the soy complex and HRS, with lower volumes in corn, plus HRW and HRS. It was a beat-down day with intra-day lows breaking through support levels and staying that way at the close ex...
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...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
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A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
