USDA will release its August production estimate and supply/demand (WASDE) numbers this Friday, 10 August. This might be one of the most important production estimates the market has seen for a lot of reasons, including:
The U.S. drought has been severe and has lasted much longer than the 1988 drought it is often compared to. Corn and soybean crops were generally planted two to three weeks earlier than normal. The drought has pushed maturity, so Friday's yield estimates should be easier to determine than they would be in a more normal crop year. The corn yield estimate will be based on actual farmer surveys, objective test plots, etc. Previous yield estimates have been based on collective opinions of crop conditions, not actual obse...
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...
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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...
