It is entirely possible that Argentina's peso could decline 25 percent from the current official exchange rate by the end of 2015. If so, that country's grain sales could become extremely active in the January-February period.Improved weather prospects are enabling Brazilian farmers to plant their soybeans, but there generally seems to be a lack of interest in marketing activities because of a common expectation that future exchange rates will soon become even more advantageous. Of course there is always a potential danger that any common hope that turns into a uniform expectation can instead become a widespread disappointment. Nevertheless, current sales activities in the Brazilian soybean market are virtually nonexistent.Chinese buy...
A pika (/ˈpaɪkə, ˈpiːkə/ PY-kə, PEE-kə[3][4]) is a small, mountain-dwelling mammal native to Asia and North America. With short limbs, a very round body, an even coat of fur, and no external tail, they resemble their close relative the rabbit, but with short, rounded ears.[5] The large-eared pi...
Lobelia (/loʊˈbiːliə, lə-/[4][5][6]) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Campanulaceae comprising 415 species,[7] with a subcosmopolitan distribution primarily in tropical to warm temperate regions of the world, a few species extending into cooler temperate regions.[8] They are known g...
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...
From WPI Consulting
Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.