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Cattle feeders are enduring record losses

2015-11-28 01:53:00| Beef

This year is the worst ever in terms of cattle feeder profitability, according to the Livestock Marketing Information Center. "October 2015 cattle feeding margins were negative by over $500 per head and could easily continue in the red until at least January 2016 (basis High Plains Cattle Feeding Simulator)," say analysts with USDA's Economic Research Service. "These negative margins will likely exert even more downward pressure on feeder cattle prices, as well as on cow prices, and could temper enthusiasm for what has appeared to be a rapid buildup in U.S. cow inventories. read more

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Anger over enduring 'environmental horror' in oil-rich, polluted Niger delta

2015-11-09 15:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Communities in the oil-rich region of Ogoniland say they feel just as marginalised and in need of work and development as they were before the executions of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other chiefs in November 1995. The executions, which followed a kangaroo court that allowed no appeal, followed a peaceful uprising by 300,000 Ogonis against Shells widespread pollution in Ogoniland. They focused worldwide attention on the small 1,050 sq km region where the Nigerian oil industry first developed in the...

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The starry origins of lifes left-handedness: experiments on natures most enduring puzzle

2015-07-22 18:36:20| Extremetech

New work suggests a tantalizing creative mechanism for the origins of life's handedness.

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Can Calif create enduring drought relief?

2015-06-08 15:05:17| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: Gov. Jerry Brown responds to a question after a meeting to discuss the drought's effect on business. A recent poll shows widespread support for Brown's order to cut water consumption. Gov. Jerry Brown responds to a question after a meeting to discuss the drought's effect on business. A recent poll shows widespread support for Brown's order to cut water consumption. On the perennially vexing subjects of water and the drought, Gov. Jerry Brown has been on something of a roll. In November,...

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