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Corn, other cash crops off to best start in years
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 2 days agoData from the United States Department of Agriculture shows the majority of corn, soybean and cotton crops are off to a either a good or an excellent...
Persistent rainfall in arid areas may cause floods, expert warns
China Daily· 2 days agoWhile recent concentrated rainfall has notably alleviated drought conditions in some of China's main agricultural production areas, a meteorological expert on Wednesday warned ...
Farmers' financial pain spills from Kansas wheat fields to Main Streets
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoIn a tiny town surrounded by miles of rippling wheat fields, Brady Peterson's restaurant sits nearly...
Explainer: Why food prices will remain high in India
Reuters· 3 days agoElevated prices of food, which accounts for nearly half of the overall consumer price basket, has kept headline inflation above the central bank's target...
Gateway - Jalopnik
Jalopnik· 6 days agoAn intense drought through America’s heartland left 1,700 barges waiting for the Mississippi River to be dredged outside of Vicksburg, Mississippi, this week. The river is ...
Opinion | Extreme conditions a grim China challenge
South China Morning Post· 2 days agoPresident Xi Jinping has ordered regional and local leaders facing floods or drought to step up their disaster preparation, coordination, monitoring and...
China is getting too much rain in the south and a heat wave in the north
NBC NEWS· 7 days agoChina is being buffeted by two weather extremes, with heavy rain and flooding forcing the evacuation...
Meat-loving Argentines eat less beef as inflation bites
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 days agoArgentines, famed for steakhouses, sprawling cattle ranches and asado barbecues, are consuming less...
Climate change is already making your bills more expensive
Washington Post· 18 hours agoThe hefty, store-brand olive oil bottles they had been purchasing for years, the ones they all...
What sparked one of SLO County’s largest-ever wildfires? A tractor on Santa Margarita Ranch
San Luis Obispo Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBackfiring saved a number of ranch homes in the fire area as well as the Rinconada quicksilver mine,...