Following is an end-of-the-week roundup on some percolating policy matters: Steel Tariffs: President Trump signed the steel and aluminum tariff order yesterday. However, Mexico and Canada were exempted to allow the NAFTA renegotiations to continue. The EU has already drafted a retaliation list that includes some non-major but politically important products: peanut butter, impacting top peanut state and home to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue; bourbon, which comes from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s home state of Kentucky; and cranberries, a key product of House Speaker Paul Ryan’s home state of Wisconsin. It also targets two non-ag iconic American products, Harley Davidson motorcycles (also from Ryan’s Wisconsin) an...
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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...
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.