Wheat Argentina’s wheat sowing is progressing at a good pace thanks to favourable weather conditions, and with a weekly progress of almost 14 percent, 71 percent of the expected area has been sown. There are still areas with virtually no moisture reserves (see map below with the areas of concern to the left of the black line) and many fields that are starting to fall behind. The Buenos Aires Cereal Exchange has once again reduced its sowing estimate by 100,000 ha, bringing the total to 6 Mha. The central-western part of the agricultural area is the most challenging, with no sign of rain.
Regarding the crop condition, only 28 percent of the wheat crop is rated as excellent/good, 65 percent as fair, and 7 percent as poor. At the sa...
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...
