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RPT-Farmer belt-tightening threatens U.S. ag companies' profits

2016-04-05 15:21:13| Chemicals - Topix.net

North Dakota farmer Randy Thompson plans to apply 30 percent less nitrogen fertilizer to his corn this year to save money in the face of crashing crop prices. In Minnesota, Andy Pulk is trucking crop nutrients to his farm from 350 miles away because he found a better price than his local cooperative could offer.

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Ocean warming threatens stability of Antarctic ice shelves

2016-03-30 15:08:08| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Discover: The Getz Ice Shelf extends several miles into the ocean along the western Antarctic coast. The vertical face of the ice shelf is almost 200 feet high and is estimated to extend another 1,000 feet below the ocean surface. This photo was taken from a NASA DC-8 by Ted Scambos, Lead Scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Note: Thanks to a spring-break getaway, I`m just now catching up to this new research showing that warming ocean waters are threatening the stability of giant, floating...

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A confluence of water woes threatens Rio Grande Basin

2016-03-25 00:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Albuquerque Journal: The rattling trumpet call of sandhill cranes echoed throughout the Rio Grande Valley in central New Mexico this February. The flocks began to make their ascent into the sky, circling to gain altitude and then heading north. The cranes` early departure driven by climate change reveals one of the many challenges of adapting to the reality of this new climate. A recent study by Michael Dettinger, Bradley Udall and Aris Georgakakos, Western Water and Climate Change, analyzed four of the most...

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Mining threatens food security

2016-03-24 13:01:34| Agriculture - Topix.net

Mining conglomerates have been criticised as being among issues threatening South Africa's food security as prime agricultural land was being taken over for the sole preserve of coal mining. Agriculture industry role-players said the scourge was rife in the farming provinces of Mpumalanga and Limpopo, and have asked the government to intervene.

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