I spent this past week on the road at farmer meetings that took me across much of western and northern North Dakota and as far north as Winnipeg. These well-attended meetings were sponsored by a number of assorted groups and associations. That's to be expected in a market where prices are still extremely volatile. The following are thoughts and discussions with farmers from the meetings:
Weather is a concern across the entire region. It has been almost completely dry across North Dakota since last August and north of the border since last June. There was zero snow cover in the 1,200 miles that I drove across, but it is too early to get very revved up about the weather pattern. One farmer said if you're going to have a drought, Februar...
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...
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