The Kansas crop tour wrapped last night with participants seemingly surprised and disappointed by the results. The trouble today is that few people actually go out and look at crops anymore, relying instead on the weekly USDA crop ratings.
The Kansas crop tour wrapped up last night, and it's probably safe to say as a general statement that the participants were disappointed in what they observed. Stunted wheat, poor tillering and lower kernel counts per head were common. The tour estimated the Kansas crop at 288 million bushels with a yield of 35.9 bushels per acre. This is better than last year but still far below the five-year average of 314 million bushels. It is interesting that tour participants were surprised by the results. WPI ha...
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...
