Regional Updates MIDDLE EAST/MEDITERRANEAN COMMENTS Egypt has announced that Dubai-based AOS has been removed from the list of wheat sellers on government tenders, and its local Egyptian agent has also been removed from the approved supplier list. AOS recently failed to deliver two lots (60,000 MT each) to Egypt’s GASC. It has reportedly been supplying about 20 percent of Egypt’s wheat imports in recent months. Egypt was the largest buyer of Ukrainian grain exports in 2017/18 with purchases valued at $724 million. It was the largest buyer of wheat and the second-largest of corn (China was in the top position). Saudi Arabia was the largest buyer of Ukrainian barley. Egypt was also in discussion with Kazakhstan regarding the t...
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Kolkwitzia amabilis /kɒlˈkwɪtsiə əˈmæbɪlɪs/,[2] commonly known as beauty bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is the sole species in genus Kolkwitzia.[1] It is a deciduous shrub grown as an ornamental plant. In China, where it originated, the plant is cal...
Gloriosa is a genus of 12 species in the plant family Colchicaceae, and includes the formerly recognised genus Littonia. They are native in tropical and southern Africa to Asia, and naturalised in Australia and the Pacific as well as being widely cultivated.[3] The most common English names are...
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.