There is always some tension in the transition between the old soybean crop year and the new one. The time gap between the statistical end of the old crop year and the actual availability of new crop soybeans seems to make this inevitable.U.S. soybean supplies for the 2013/14 crop year, which ends 31 August, have been and still are very tight as USDA's monthly supply/demand estimates have testified from the beginning. This has been due to very small carry in stocks from the 2012/13 drought year, a less than stellar 2014 soybean crop and demand from exporters and soy processors that has far exceeded early expectations. However, the U.S. soybean supply demand situation in 2013/14 has not been nearly as explosive as in 2012/13 when cash basis...
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.