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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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Floods in Britain threaten farm output and investment
2014-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Floods in southwest England and elsewhere have submerged crops and destroyed cattle bedding and feed, with the consequences likely to be felt for months, or even years, in terms of lower production of both crops and meat. Britain's Environment Agency had issued 416 flood warnings and alerts, as of early Thursday, including 16 under its most serious category, indicating danger to life. Thousands of acres of farmland in Britain are under water, with some submerged for weeks, although agricultural...
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United Kingdom: Floods threaten thousands of homes along the Thames
2014-02-10 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Thousands of homes along the Thames have been told to prepare for significant flooding, as the number of severe flood warnings in the south of England rises to 16. Fourteen of the warnings relate to a lengthy stretch of the Thames through Berkshire and Surrey, and two remain in place in the Somerset Levels. The Environment Agency (EA) said the Thames warnings stretched "from Datchet to Shepperton Green, including Ham Court and Chertsey, as river levels in the area are extremely high and are...
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Property Owners Threaten Second Suit Over Delay on Fracking Study
2014-02-03 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: A coalition of property owners announced Jan. 31 that it will sue New York state over its delay in issuing a long-awaited environmental impact statement on hydraulic fracturing unless the state provides a reasonable timeline by Feb. 13 for finalizing the process. The lawsuit would be the second of its kind to compel the Department of Environmental Conservation to issue a supplemental generic environmental impact statement (SGEIS) on fracking. In the first instance, the bankruptcy trustee of...
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Fracking in George Washington National Forest Could Threaten D.C. Area Drinking Water
2014-02-03 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The future cleanliness of the Washington regions drinking water has unexpectedly become a central concern in the national debate over the controversial natural-gas drilling method known as fracking. The gas industry is pushing to allow fracking in the George Washington National Forest, despite fears that it could threaten the cleanliness of the Potomac River. Its the sole source of drinking water for more than 4 million people in our area. ts no surprise that environmental groups are pushing...
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