April and May corn basis have started to heat up in Argentina due to several factors. There are still some shorts in the market, and those with port logistics will sell only at an attractive basis quote. Meanwhile, demand for deferred shipments (July onward) is still absent following release of the WASDE report. Soybeans Argentina Argentina’s soybean harvest has started to make progress after last week’s rains and reached approximately 12 percent, which is 6 percent behind last year’s pace. There are 1 million hectares under water, so the national production of 57 MMT could drop to 56 MMT. That depends on weather conditions in the next few weeks, but yields are still very good at an average 3.6 MT/hectare despite the rains.The soybean ma...
ZanzibarMnemba Marine Parksouthern cassowary Mnemba Marine Park is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Stone Town and forms part of the northeastern Unguja Island. A marine reserve and atoll, its shallow stretch of coral reef is in the shape of an oval. It is located between Matemwe and Nungwi, w...
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...
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.