Soy Export Sales Better Last Week Exporters of U.S. soybeans and soymeal had better success making new sales in the week ending 4 January. Net sales of soybeans for export in 2017/18 totaled 607,400 MT, a 28 percent increase over the week before but 47 percent below the previous four-week average.. The top destinations were China (616,500 MT), Germany (219,200 MT), the Netherlands (85,200 MT), Spain (71,500 MT) and Iran (65,700 MT). Those sales were partially offset by reductions for unknown destinations of 493,400 MT. Sales for export in 2018/19 totaled 9,000 MT and were all for Japan. Soybean exports last week totaled 1,546,200 MT, mostly destined to China (876,700 MT). Last week’s net soymeal export sales for 2017/18 shipment tot...
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...
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...
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