Grain and soy futures prices have been relatively quiet and range-bound lately with the exception of soyoil. Soyoil futures were trading slightly lower yesterday, but this follows six straight higher closes in pursuit of palm oil amid the buoyant outlook for edible oil. The spot August soyoil contract added about 200 points during this rally. Traders usually look for an early to mid-summer seasonal rally in the corn market in response to some sort of crop scare, but we fear that rather quietly and quickly, this seasonal rally has come and gone. December Corn hit its recent low of $3.235 on 29 June, and it hit a high of $3.63 on 2 July, a swing of almost $0.40 in just three trading days. That is a pretty high level of acti...
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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.