In the closing days of the year, it is standard procedure for commentators to put forth their lists of the best, worst or most important items of the past 12 months in their particular areas of interest. We have compiled a somewhat different sort of list related to agriculture and markets, which is highly subjective as it relates to topics from 2017 that we find especially interesting and hope that clients may find them to be as well. 2017 U.S. Corn and Soybean Yield Performance Unless USDA/NASS makes unexpected substantial changes in the final yield results in the 12 January WASDE, the U.S. national average corn yield (175.4 bushels/acre in November) will be the highest on record. The average soybean yield (49.5 bushels/acre in November)...
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...
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.