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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
US drought badly affects California farmers; unemployment set to soar
February 4, 2014 US drought badly affects California farmers; unemployment set to soar The US' leading agricultural state, California, is locked in drought and bracing for unemployment to soar, sending farm workers to food lines in a place ...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Drought pushes down US cattle inventory to 60-year low
Due to persistent drought conditions, the US has recorded the smallest cattle herd in more than 60 years, while beef prices at grocery stores have reached record high. The US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS ...
Friday, November 22, 2013
US launches National Drought Resilience Partnership to combat drought
November 22, 2013 US launches National Drought Resilience Partnership to combat drought   The Obama Administration announced an interagency National Drought Resilience Partnership to help communities better prepare for future droughts and r ...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Drought causes huge losses for Hunan livestock industry
August 6, 2013 Drought causes huge losses for Hunan's livestock industry Hunan provincial government reported that the month-long drought in July had caused losses of RMB790 million (US$128.95 million) in its livestock industry. According t ...
Friday, May 24, 2013
BASF, Monsanto to introduce drought-tolerant GM corn in US
May 24, 2013 BASF, Monsanto to introduce drought-tolerant GM corn in US By next year, BASF and Monsanto Co. plan to commercially launch a drought-tolerant variety of genetically modified (GM) corn in the US. "We are working with Monsanto to ...
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Australian feed prices rise by 40% as drought looms
May 8, 2013 Australian feed prices rise by 40% as drought looms Australia's livestock and dairy farmers are seeing fodder prices rise by up to 40% as the country prepares for drought conditions. Parts of Victoria, South Australia and southe ...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Queensland's beef industry hard hit by drought in Australia
Queensland's beef producers are in their worst crisis in almost a century as drought and a beef glut takes its toll. Up to 1,000 graziers will meet today in the state's northwest to discuss a Federal Government bailout and the latest live e ...
Friday, April 5, 2013
New Zealand's dairy industry tightens due to drought
April 5, 2013 New Zealand's dairy industry tightens due to drought New Zealand's milk output in March was estimated to drop 15-20% against a year ago, and April will likely be down by at least that much due to a severe and widespread drough ...
Friday, April 5, 2013
US beef prices will rise as drought continues
April 5, 2013 US beef prices will rise as drought continues As drought continues to hold cattle numbers down in the country, the US cattle inventory of 89.3 million head remains at its lowest level since Dwight Eisenhower was president, but ...
Monday, April 1, 2013
Argentina's cattle industry recovers from devastating 2009 drought
April 1, 2013 Argentina's cattle industry recovers from devastating 2009 drought   Despite the devastating 2009 drought that, along with price controls, forced ranchers to slaughter millions of animals before their time, Argentina's cattle ...
Friday, February 22, 2013
US drought may push world wheat prices
February 22, 2013 US drought may push world wheat prices International wheat prices may increase in the coming months as the US continues to be affected by a local drought crisis. Higher prices would result in costlier imports by Asian coun ...
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
US wheat crops affected by drought
January 30, 2013 US wheat crops affected by drought   Drought conditions have severely affected US winter wheat in Kansas and neighbouring Oklahoma. The proportion of the Kansas wheat crop rated in "good" or "excellent" condition fell four ...
Monday, January 21, 2013
Drought, feed costs may continue to affect US livestock markets
January 21, 2013 Drought, feed costs may continue to affect US livestock markets   US 2013 livestock markets may continue to be affected by drought and high feed costs if conditions do not improve. This is according to David Anderson, profe ...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Australian beef producers benefit from US drought
January 16, 2013 Australian beef producers benefit from US drought   An increased business is expected by the head of one of Australia's largest beef exporting companies because of the US drought. Sanger Australia exports lean manufacturing ...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
US drought continues to affect Canadian feed grains
Canadian feed grains continue to be affected by the US Midwest drought with US corn possibly coming North and Canadian calves possibly heading south. No one would have predicted in late summer the possibility of Canadian livestock heading s ...

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