We might have to reduce corn acres in the U.S. in 2013 because of a potential planting seed shortage.
Seed was very tight in 2012 because of the big increase in planted acres from 91.9 million in 2011 to 96.4 million 2012; The U.S. corn yield has plunged all the way down to 123.4 bushels per acre from early estimates of 166 bushels per acre or even higher; Seed corn yields will also likely be sharply lower than expected, even though up to 50 percent of the corn seed acres are irrigated and seed companies did increase seed acreage this year; There is reportedly little room to increase seed production in South America this winter.
Much of the seed corn acreage will be harvested in the next several weeks. Seed companies will have a...
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...
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