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Corn, Soybean Crops Face Weather Deadline
2013-08-14 22:57:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: University of Illinois University of Illinois crop scientist reviews the odds of corn and soybean crops maturing by the time harvest rolls around. read more
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Dealing with Drought: Reaping the Benefits of Cover Crops (Op-Ed)
2013-08-08 00:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Margaret Mellon is a senior scientist for food and the environment at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). An expert on sustainable agriculture and the potential environmental risks of biotechnology, Mellon holds a doctorate in molecular biology and a law degree. This article was adapted from a post on the UCS blog The Equation. Mellon contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Farmers planting crops that can't be sold doesn't sound like a sensible proposition,...
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People, crops and fish suffer in China heat wave
2013-08-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Record-breaking temperatures have been searing large swaths of China, resulting in dozens of heat-related deaths and prompting authorities to issue a national alert. People are packing into swimming pools or taking refuge in caves in their attempts to escape the fierce temperatures. Local governments are resorting to cloud-seeding technology to try to bring rain to millions of acres of parched farmland. The worst of the smoldering heat wave has been concentrated in the south and east of the country,...
Heat wave kills people, crops and hopes in S China
2013-07-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
China Daily: Wang Enda knows his harvest this year will be meager. The 58-year-old farmer in Haohuahong, a village in Guizhou province, sowed tens of thousands of corn seeds on his hectare of land in spring, but only a third of them sprouted due to the severe drought. What is worse is that all his hot peppers and grapes, which were supposed to bring him handsome returns, withered amid the drought that is sweeping through at least nine provinces and regions. "I'm not looking forward to the harvest," Wang said...
Challenges Remain for 2013 Corn, Soybean Crops
2013-07-30 22:46:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Crop conditions across the Midwest are quite variable in late July, depending on planting date, as well as impacts from heavy rainfalls in June and the recent dry weather conditions in late July. Overall, across the southwestern and the western portions of south-central Minnesota, a large percentage of corn and soybeans are in fair to good condition; however, excessive rainfall, along with very dry weather recently, in some locations could reduce 2013 yield potential. Crop conditions in the balance of southern Minnesota and adjoining areas of northern Iowa are much less favorable, due to the significant amount of late and prevented planting in 2013. Focus on Ag read more
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