The continued sale for export of so many of last year's soybeans increasingly suggests the 2013 U.S. soybean crop was larger than USDA is estimating. Big Soybean Sale to Unknown Buyers USDA caused a bit of commotion today in the soybean market when it announced the sale of 568,000 MT (20.87 million bushels) of soybeans to unknown buyers for shipment in MY 2013/14. The trade initially discounted the sale by assuming it was for shipment in 2014/15 or a cancellation for China erroneously reported as a sale. However, USDA later told reporters the exporter reporting the sale had been contacted and re-affirmed that it was indeed a sale for shipment in 2013/14. If the sale announcement indeed is correct, then the logical buyer is China. However,...
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...
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.