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DOE seeks input on environmental impact of engineered high energy crops for fuels
2013-04-14 15:30:19| Green Car Congress
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Bad weather hits British wheat crops
2013-04-06 13:14:26| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Britain will become a net importer of wheat for the first time in a decade this year because of bad weather, the National Farmers' Union says.
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Bad weather hits British wheat crops
2013-04-06 13:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Britain will become a net importer of wheat for the first time in a decade this year because of bad weather, the National Farmers' Union has said. NFU president Peter Kendall said more than two million tonnes of wheat had been lost because of last year's poor summer. The prolonged cold weather would also impact this autumn's harvest, he said. But he said the shortage was unlikely to affect the price of bread because of the global nature of the market. Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme,...
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Crops suffer in spring cold snap
2013-04-06 09:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: For signs of just how exceptionally cold this spring has been, look to the fields of rural Britain. Farmers are reporting stunted crops and ground that is still to hard to drill at a time when wheat is normally growing vigorously, oil seed rape is preparing to bloom and foods such as peas and beans are being planted to ensure they are ready for harvest. Temperatures over the past week fell to among the coldest seen in April for 96 years. Normally Britain enjoys an average temperature of 12...
Losing wetlands to grow crops
2013-03-25 01:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Getting enough to eat is a basic human need -- but at what cost to the environment? Research published in BioMed Central's journal Agriculture & Food Security demonstrates that as their crops on higher ground fail due to unreliable rainfall, people in countries like Uganda are increasingly relocating to wetland areas. Unless the needs of these people are addressed in a more sustainable way, overuse of wetland resources through farming, fishing, and hunting will continue. In 2009 it was estimated...
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