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Resilient crop farming urged in South Asia
2013-10-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Star: Farming of resilient and mixed crops can help mitigate food scarcity in South Asia`s coastal areas and fight against the adverse impacts of climate change, speakers told the inauguration of a workshop yesterday. They also emphasised conserving soil nutrition and harvesting rainwater to combat challenges of irregular rainfall which has detrimental effects on crop productivity. As South Asia is known for its problems centring hunger and malnutrition, there is no alternative to adopting resilient...
Oct. 21 Crop Progress: Corn crop less than half harvested, soybean harvest closing in on average pace
2013-10-22 22:23:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Its been a few weeks since the last USDA Crop Progress report, but despite the lack of reports, corn and soybean harvest has progressed and farmers have been busy in the field. The overall corn crop is nearly 40% harvested and 60% of the corn is in good/excellent condition. Sixty-three percent of the soybean crop has been harvested, and 57% of the crop is in good/excellent condition. read more
Oct. 21 Crop Progress: Corn crop less than half harvested, soybean harvest closing in on average pace
2013-10-22 22:23:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Its been a few weeks since the last USDA Crop Progress report, but despite the lack of reports, corn and soybean harvest has progressed and farmers have been busy in the field. The overall corn crop is nearly 40% harvested and 60% of the corn is in good/excellent condition. Sixty-three percent of the soybean crop has been harvested, and 57% of the crop is in good/excellent condition. read more
Crop Harvest Continues Slow Pace
2013-10-22 15:29:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture This year’s harvest of both corn and soybeans continues well behind last year’s pace, when drought accelerated completion, and wet weather has contributed to the slower levels that are behind the five-year average, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). read more
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Possible rail strike may further slow huge Prairie crop movement
2013-10-17 07:14:59| Railroads - Topix.net
A possible strike at Canada's biggest railway is compounding a vexing problem in the second-biggest wheat exporting country -- how to move the western crop belt's abundant harvest to port with a strained transportation system.
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