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Monsoon rains cover India early, boost crop hopes
2013-06-17 02:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: India's monsoon rains have covered the entire country a month ahead of the normal schedule, increasing the prospects for a bumper output for summer-sown crops such as rice, oilseeds and cotton in one of the world's leading producers. The rains usually cover all of India by mid-July, but this year it happened on June 16, said a senior official at the India Meteorological Department, who did not want to be named. The rains are crucial for farm output and economic growth as about 55 percent of the...
USDA Report Downgrades Corn Crop
2013-06-12 22:59:00| National Hog Farmer
Joe Vansickle USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) released today lowers the prospects for feedgrain supplies as delayed plantings reduce yield prospects for corn. Projected corn production is lowered 135 million bushels to 14.0 billion bushels. Average yield is projected at 156.5 bushels per acre, a drop of 1.5 bushels from last month’s projections. read more
Farmers fail to feed nation after extreme weather hits wheat crop
2013-06-12 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The wettest autumn since records began, followed by the coldest spring in 50 years, has devastated British wheat, forcing food manufacturers to import nearly 2.5m tonnes of the crop. "Normally we export around 2.5m tonnes of wheat but this year we expect to have to import 2.5m tonnes," said Charlotte Garbutt, a senior analyst at the industry-financed Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. "The crop that came through the winter has struggled and is patchy and variable. The area of wheat...
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Crop Production goes off without a hiccup!
2013-06-12 19:45:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Most in the trade were looking for old crop corn to remain unchanged or a hair lower... Grain Market Viewpoint read more
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British wheat crop 'falls by third'
2013-06-12 02:46:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Britain's wheat harvest could be a third smaller than it was last year due to extreme weather since the autumn, the National Farmers' Union warns.
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