WPI forecasts 2017/18 U.S. wheat exports will be 5% above USDA’s latest projection. Russia’s record production will not be able to overcome...Among the little surprises in last Friday’s reports from USDA NASS was the increase in estimated hard red spring (HRS) wheat production. Private observers, including WPI, were nearly unanimous in predicting that drought-damaged HRS wheat production would decline from NASS’ previous estimate of 364 million bushels, especially after harvested area was reduced to reflect abandoned acreage. However, estimated HRS production was increased by 21 million bushels to 385 million.NASS adjusted harvested acreage lower, but only by 3.7 percent. On a state-by-state basis, NASS cut harvested acreage in North Dakota...
ZanzibarMnemba Marine Parksouthern cassowary Mnemba Marine Park is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Stone Town and forms part of the northeastern Unguja Island. A marine reserve and atoll, its shallow stretch of coral reef is in the shape of an oval. It is located between Matemwe and Nungwi, w...
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.