The simple fact is that annual production and thus the annual renewability of grain and oilseed supplies allows for a quick production response to high prices. Generally, it takes a longer period of time for demand to grow in response to low prices.High prices (and good weather) are the best cure for high grain and oilseed prices, to paraphrase the old economic cliché, and the experience following 2012/13 offers vivid confirmation of this. Three years of record or near-record U.S./world crop production and growing stocks have buried those loudly-voiced fears of shortages and growing world hunger, which even at that time were overblown. Political critics of high crop prices, futures markets, lax regulation, excessive speculation, crops for b...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
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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...
Kolkwitzia amabilis /kɒlˈkwɪtsiə əˈmæbɪlɪs/,[2] commonly known as beauty bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. It is the sole species in genus Kolkwitzia.[1] It is a deciduous shrub grown as an ornamental plant. In China, where it originated, the plant is cal...
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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.