U.S. farmers are being patient marketing old crop corn and soybean stocks amid ongoing weather concerns in the U.S. Cash soy crush margins are near record highs at $3/bushel, which is keeping basis firm and increasing competition between exporters and crushers. Brazilian weather trends are increasingly bullish, and the key corn-producing state of Mato Grosso is amid the driest April in 17 years. The rainy season ended early this year and precipitation has been scant since. Mato Grosso accounts for some 32 percent of total corn production, so the drought, which is intensifying as the crop pollinates, could have an outsized impact on the country’s production.
Outside markets were mostly higher at mid-week with U.S. equit...
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...
