There has been a great deal of conversation over the past several weeks about the possibility that U.S. corn and soybean yields might be much better than current estimates. That higher yield speculation is of course the result of great weekly crop condition ratings. In the past week, however, the tone of this yield chatter has started to change a bit. Following are a few reasons why:
The southern Plains drought situation hasn’t improved and has continued to slowly creep into southern Iowa, Missouri, eastern Kansas and Arkansas. Part of eastern South Dakota and western Illinois are also turning dry. The saving grace for these dry pockets might be that temperatures have returned to normal, which is also the extended forecast. What do...
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...
