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Australia: Climate trends demand better response to drought, says CSIRO
2014-02-18 03:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia needs a better response to drought in the face of climate trends that will transform agricultural regions and see many farms disappear, the CSIRO has warned. The governments science agency said that observed changes in rainfall are occurring at a more rapid rate than was previously predicted. These changes could see a continuing trend of farm closures and shift farming towards wetter coastal areas. Tony Abbott has just completed a listening tour of drought-affected areas of Queensland...
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Shrinking Consumer Disposable Income May Threaten Pork Demand
2014-02-18 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
A look at how decreasing personal disposable income could affect the pork industry, writes Steve Meyer in 'The National Hog Farmer'.
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Will Shrinking Consumer Disposable Income Threaten Pork Demand?
2014-02-17 20:24:00| National Hog Farmer
By Steve Meyer, Paragon Economics, Inc., Adel, IA A look at how decreasing personal disposable income could affect the pork industry. Several years ago I put together the model depicted in Figure 1 to illustrate how The Great Recession was impacting the meat and poultry business. A recession has been defined in a number of ways, of course, but the most commonly cited one is two successive quarters of lower gross domestic product (GDP). Thank goodness we are no longer in a recession but revisiting the graphic put the question of just where we do stand in terms of the business cycle to top of mind. Thus, you are reading about it this week. read more
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WTI Crude Rises as Improved U.S. Economy Bolsters Demand Outlook
2014-02-17 06:58:56| IT Services - Topix.net
West Texas Intermediate crude rose for the first time in three days as an improved U.S. economy bolstered the demand outlook in the world's biggest oil consumer.
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CME: Pork Demand in Great Shape
2014-02-17 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Pork demand remains in great shape. The pork cutout has held up quite well compared to year ago levels even as total pork production is running significantly above year ago levels, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.
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