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The US Drought Monitor has noted a significant expansion of the drought in the lower 48 states has finally stopped. The agency said that about a quarter of the country continues to experience drought...
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The most severe US drought in more than 50 years is shining a light on new developments in corn seeds that are sure to stir more debate both domestically and overseas about the use of genetically...
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The US Climate Prediction Center continues to forecast the formation of an El Niño weather pattern in the eastern Pacific Ocean in August and September, and now Japanese forecasters have added their...
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture now estimates that the U.S. corn crop will fall 2.2 billion bushels lower than the estimate provided just a month ago, to 10.8 billion bushels, the lowest since the...
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The deep recession and the lack of any meaningful recovery has sliced into the American attitude that citizens and the government can do anything they set their minds to, if only they work hard...
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The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Food Price Index for July rose by 6% following three months of decline. Sharp rises in grain and sugar prices led to the jump. The US...
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As much as 85% of the US Midwest got rained on this weekend in amounts varying between 0.2-0.8 inches, offering some relief for corn and soybean crops in the country’s main growing region. More...
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Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN) reported third-quarter adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.50 and $8.3 billion in revenue before markets opened today. EPS for the same period a year ago totaled...
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is seeking sanctions after a lawyer for Samsung Electronics publicly released evidence a judge had excluded from the trial in which Apple alleges that the Korean...
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Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) reported second-quarter adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $5.47 and $6.83 billion in revenue before markets opened today. EPS for the same period a year ago came to $4.60,...
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The past seven days have seen drought conditions intensify in the states of Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, according to today’s report from the US Drought Monitor: Pretty much...
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Corn is going to wreck whatever gasoline savings we had going into summer. By driving up the cost of the ethanol gasoline additive and by driving up feed costs for animals, the drought is continuing...
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The latest report on the US drought increases slightly the area affected by “moderate” drought conditions or worse, but the footprint has widened to include every state, including Alaska and...
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Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. (NYSE: POT) reported second-quarter adjusted EPS of $1.01, which excludes one-time charges of -$0.41, and $2.4 billion in revenue this morning. Adjusted EPS were...
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) today published the first of its food prices report to include the effects of the current drought in much of the US Midwest. The report notes that the damage...
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