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Hope remains despite record dry spell
2015-09-10 03:17:52| Agriculture - Topix.net
THE driest 12-month period in history has not dampened the spirits of local farmers and agriculture industry insiders, who still believe the season can have a positive finish. Bool Lagoon farmer Bruce McLean and Cox Rural agronomist James Heffernan both say that despite a dry winter and a record low rainfall for the past 12 months, crops in the region just need a bit of spring rain to reach their full potential.
Expertise and massive inventory spell success for Canadian manufacturer
2015-07-14 21:02:47| Canadian Plastics Headlines
Whether customers require a fabricated product or a standard rubber extrusion, Budlar Flexible Products is a one-stop source and has been for 45 years. The post Expertise and massive inventory spell success for Canadian manufacturer appeared first on Canadian Plastics.
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Rising fossil fuel energy costs spell trouble for global food security
2015-07-06 03:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Ongoing efforts to feed a growing global population are threatened by rising fossil-fuel energy costs and breakdowns in transportation infrastructure. Without new ways to preserve, store, and transport food products, the likelihood of shortages looms in the future. In an analysis of food preservation and transportation trends published in this week's issue of the journal BioScience, scientists warn that new sustainable technologies will be needed for humanity just to stay even in the arms race against...
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El Nino-spawned dry spell to hit Philippine food production
2015-06-29 15:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: The Philippines is facing an El Nino-spawned dry spell that will cut rainfall by as much as 80 percent and hit food production, a government weather forecaster warned Monday. "There will be many places that we expect to have below normal rainfall as early as August," warned Anthony Lucero, head of the climate monitoring and weather prediction division of the government weather station. Most places in the Philippines are expected to have 'below normal' to 'way below normal' rainfall due to El...
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Economy's weak spell puts Fed at crossroads over liftoff plans
2015-05-20 18:33:25| Apparel - Topix.net
The Federal Reserve's plan to raise interest rates this year, forged over months of strong jobs growth and a seemingly durable expansion, now faces an economy that no longer follows the script and may push the "liftoff" far into the future. That was initially dismissed as a winter lull, but recent data may point to a more substantial slowdown just as the Fed plots its exit from a zero interest rate policy maintained since Dec. 2008.
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