While the EU was able to mostly deal with its huge wheat supplies in 2014/15 through large increases in feed use and exports, it will have greater difficulty finding homes for its big 2015/16 crop in the context of the third consecutive year of record-large global wheat production.The world is awash in wheat, to use the old cliché, and the EU has done its part. Its 2015/16 wheat production is estimated at 155.6 MMT, barely less than last year’s record 156.5 MMT. During 2014/15, the EU was able to mostly deal with its huge crop through large increases of 3.4 MMT in feed use and 5.5 MMT in exports compared with 2013/14. Even so, ending 2014/15 wheat stocks were 13.1 MMT, a 3.4 MMT jump over the prior year.In the context of the third consecuti...
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...
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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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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