The Egyptian government reported that it has purchased a record volume of local wheat that is said to be well above its target at a price much higher than international levels.
Regional Updates MEDITERRANEAN/MIDDLE EAST COMMENTS The Egyptian government has purchased a record volume of local wheat. It has reported buying 4.6 MMT as of 22 May, which is well above its target of 3.7 MMT. The price paid of $366/MT is said to be the major factor in the large purchases as it is much higher than international price levels. The high purchase price had been announced prior to the planting of this year's crop, which certainly seems to have provided farmers with a great deal of incentive to plant wheat. Egypt will continue to buy loc...
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...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
The common ostrich (Struthio camelus), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa (and historically, Arabia) and is the largest living species of bird. The common ostrich is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus St...
