USDA announced today a new farm aid package to help offset “unjustified retaliatory tariffs” from the trade disputes with China, the EU, and Turkey. It noted in a press release that this includes $16 billion in total payments, an amount roughly equivalent to half of Wyoming’s GDP. Of that, $14.5 billion will be used to compensate farmers, $1.4 billion will go to commodity purchase programs, and $100 million will be allocated to foreign market development programs. The new Market Facilitation Program (MFP) will distribute the $14.5 billion in direct payments to producers of corn, soybeans, sorghum, cotton, wheat and other crops, including crambe and safflower. Dairy, and hog producers as well as tree nut producers will als...
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...
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...
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.