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Great Plains leads cow herd expansion

2015-02-21 02:40:00| Beef

The Great Plains followed the national trend of downsizing over the 1996-2010 period, yet its relative role as home to beef cows and heifers being retained was growing prior to the drought and remains higher than 2010," says Glynn Tonsor, Kansas State University agricultural economist. "This suggests the Great Plains is a growth area in terms of its role in the national industry. read more

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U.S. Central Plains and Southwest will likely face apocalyptic drought

2015-02-12 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Dust storm in Texas during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. New research finds that the American West is set to face a megadrought, worst than the Dust Bowl, in the next century due to climate change. Photo by: Public Domain. In the recent film Interstellar, a mysterious phenomenon known as "the blight" is wiping out agriculture around the world until only corn-for some reason-survives. Humanity is on the brink of starvation. While the blight may be science fiction, global warming is not, and a new...

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Earnings Round-Up: ADM, Green Plains, Syngenta

2015-02-08 14:11:08| Food - Topix.net

In Nebraska, Green Plains announced net income for the quarter was $42.2 million compared to net income of $25.5 million for the same period in 2013. Revenues were $829.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2014 compared to $712.9 million for the same period in 2013.

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