Wheat There was a lot of anticipation regarding the rains that were forecast for this past weekend, and most of the Buenos Aires province received a good amount of precipitation. Although it’s still not the 100-120 mm need to recover the soil profiles, it will help farmers start planting as they now have more trust in rain for the near future. More rain is forecast for the coming days, but it seems that the “nucleus” region will not be that lucky and it is still the most drought-affected area. To make the decision on whether to invest $500-700/ha in planting wheat, favorable conditions are required. There is still time, and although many estimate that the planted area will increase, such possibilities are dwindlin...
The Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, at the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marmot and the Vancouver Island marmot. In 2009, it was decl...
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