Wheat This week Argentina saw low intensity rains, but they again fell on areas that at this moment do not have any need of the moisture. On the other hand, the western portion of the agricultural area and a large part of the nucleus region continue to suffer with no rain. Many farmers have already lost the sowing window and are moving directly to summer crops while others are seeing their wheat sown with moisture at the lower limit of what is possible. Now is the time when producers decide whether to fertilize or not. Fertilizing is expensive, and to do so and then not have rain is to increase economic losses. With weekly progress of almost 10 percent, wheat planting is already over 80 percent of the expected area. Rain in t...
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...
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...
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