U.S. farmland values quadrupled over the last decade as record-high prices, good crop production and a generous crop insurance program created a big demand.
Talk of weak margins and lower profits continue to reverberate through the grain industry. According to a Reuter’s story late last week, Cargill is planning to lay off as much as 2.5 percent of its workforce. The company hasn’t confirmed that report but has announced a restructuring of top management. The world ocean freight market continues to weaken with the Baltic main sea freight index hitting a record low this week. The problem is the weakness in demand for industrial commodities coupled with new vessels still coming on line. Bulk grain and oilseed shipments account for just 10...
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...
