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Climate Change May Lead to Greater Severity in Wheat Crop Disease
2014-02-26 22:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Climate change may lead to an increased risk in severity of wheat crop diseases in the next two decades, according to a new study. Scientists from University of Hertfordshire led the research, which was conducted in China to establish whether there is a link between weather and the severity of epidemics of fusarium ear blight on the wheat crops there. When epidemics of fusarium ear blight are big enough, upwards of 60 percent of a wheat crop can be lost to the disease. The blight also produces...
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Soybean bulls see South America crop getting smaller
2014-02-26 00:48:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Soybean bulls are talking more extreme weather conditions in Brazil: dry conditions in some areas and flooding in others. Bottom-line, the trade seems to be flip flopping on production estimates. Grain Market Viewpoint read more
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Researchers convert sugarcane to a cold-tolerant, more photosynthetically efficient, oil-producing crop
2014-02-24 21:30:52| Green Car Congress
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Drought Could Drain More Than Brazil's Coffee Crop
2014-02-23 11:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Brazil, a country usually known for its rainforests, has been facing a severe drought in its breadbasket region, leaving people in the cities without water and farmers in the countryside with dying crops. Global prices for coffee, in particular, have been affected. Scientists in Brazil say the worst is yet to come - yet no one in the government, it seems, is listening. On a recent day, farmer Juliano Jose Polidor walks through the desiccated remains of his cornfields. What's happened to...
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Record crop production will challenge infrastructure in Brazil
2014-02-19 21:59:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Rabobank Rabobank has released a 2014 outlook for Brazils crop production. They say another record year is ahead for major crops in Brazil, including soybeans. read more
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