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Farmers to face lower crop insurance guarantees in 2014

2013-11-22 21:38:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

Source: University of Illinois farmdocDaily Due to lower futures prices on Dec14 corn and Nov14 soybeans, most farmers will face considerable losses before crop insurance makes payments in 2014. read more

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Essex County tomato farmers face 'painful process'

2013-11-16 20:21:33| Food - Topix.net

Wayne Palichuk, a local farmer affected by the Heinz closure in Leamington, speaks at a meeting held by Chatham-Kent Essex MP, Dave Van Kesteren, at the Car Barn Restaurant in Wheatley, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013.

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Pakistan's mountain farmers 'helpless' in face of erratic weather

2013-10-03 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: One night was all it took for Bibi Baskiya's fortunes to be reversed. In June the young farmer had sown maize on half an acre of land in Danyore, a scenic mountain village in northern Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan province. On Sept. 12 it was sunny and the skies were so clear that Baskiya watered her crop from a nearby spring, certain there would be no rain. But that night, her hopes of a good harvest were destroyed. "A sudden rainstorm and heavy winds flattened 80 percent of the standing crop,'...

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UK farmers face disaster as 'perfect storm' strikes

2013-03-16 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: British agriculture is facing a wider crisis than the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak of 2001, with around 90% of farmers affected, according to the Prince's Countryside Fund. The charity, established by the Prince of Wales in 2010, is co-ordinating welfare efforts for families in dire need. "This crisis is unique because it's so broad," said Tor Harris, the fund's director. "There have been others in the past but they have affected particular groups, such as livestock farmers. This affects upland...

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British farmers face hardship as floods wipe out crops in 'worst ever year'

2013-02-23 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Stephen Watkins farms in Elgar country. He has 400 hectares, or nearly 1,000 acres, in the Worcestershire countryside that boast sprawling views of the Malverns, the brooding hills that inspired the composer to capture the essence of rural England in music. With a picture-perfect Victorian farmhouse replete with Aga and two black Labradors, Watkins seems to be living the good life. He farms sheep, winter wheat, spring barley, mint, coriander, parsley, spinach, hand-picked peas, onions, lettuce...

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