The February WASDE typically generates few surprises. In that sense, today’s report stands out as containing some changes that exceeded expectations. The surprises, if that is what they should be called, are not a matter of direction but of degree. And they involve changes in U.S. supply/demand for 2017/18, not the revisions made to Argentine and Brazilian production estimates. The tables below provide some of the key 2017/18 numbers from today’s WASDE.
Following are some more specific comments: Corn - USDA increased estimated U.S. corn exports by 125 million bushels, which was not unexpected. We have often noted during the past few weeks that the pace of export sales was rising as U.S. corn became competitive in the world m...
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...
