Yesterday’s “derecho” weather event that brought hurricane-force winds to parts of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana likely caused 200-400 million bushels of lost corn production. Some estimates suggest the event may have lowered the U.S. national corn yield by as much as 2 bushels/acre. The wind also reportedly toppled grain bins, causing concerns about the volume of on-farm storage available this fall. Iowa’s agriculture secretary noted some of the damaged corn will “still make a crop this fall”, but that harvestable quantities cannot be estimated presently.
The CBOT started higher on Tuesday with that backdrop supporting corn and soybean futures. Wheat futures were higher on a combination of su...
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...
