Climate Change’s Extreme Weather Effects Cause Trouble for Wisconsin Dairy Farmers
(The Daily Cardinal) - Jim Goodman was a dairy farmer for more than 40 years. He retired in the summer of... Full Story
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‘Bomb Cyclone’ Snow, Wind Making Travel Dangerous in Midwest
Category: Weather
(ABC News) - A storm system known as a "bomb cyclone" slowly churned... Full Story
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Midwest Floods Hammer U.S. Ethanol Industry, Push Some Gasoline Prices Toward Five-Year High
Category: Weather
(Reuters) - The March floods that punished the U.S. Midwest have roiled the ethanol industry, hammering prices and trapping barrels in the country’s interior while the U.S. coasts suffer... Full Story
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U.S. Disaster Aid Won’t Cover Crops Drowned by Midwest Floods
Category: Weather
(Reuters) - The Black Hawk military helicopter flew over Iowa, giving a senior U.S. agriculture official and U.S... Full Story
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Exclusive: More than 1 million Acres of U.S. Cropland Ravaged by Floods
Category: Weather
(Reuters) - At least 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) of U.S. farmland were flooded after the “bomb cyclone” storm... Full Story
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Brazil Second Corn Crop Bolstered by Good Climate: Newpaper24 Ballot
Category: Weather
(Newspaper24) - Brazil’s second corn crop, which is planted after soybeans are harvested, will rise considerably from the earlier cycle because of useful climate and a much bigger planted space, a Newpaper24 ballot confirmed on Wednesday... Full Story
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Heavy North Dakota Snows Threaten Wheat Planting In Latest Weather Woes
(Agriculture.com) - A blanket of heavy, wet snow covering most of North Dakota, the top U.S. wheat state, threatens to... Full Story
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Historic Midwest Flooding has Devastating Consequences for Farmers
Category: Weather
(EcoWatch) - The record flooding in the Midwest that has now been blamed for four deaths could also have lasting consequences for the region's many farmers... Full Story
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Column: Weather, Economics Seen Shrinking U.S. Corn Acres, Lifting Soy
(Reuters) - U.S. farmers may plant fewer corn acres and more soybean acres in 2019 than market participants... Full Story
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Mixed Rain News in Ivory Coast Raises Concerns Over Cocoa Mid-Crop
(Reuters) - Abundant showers in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa regions last week augured well for the April-to-September mid-crop, farmers said on Monday, despite concerns... Full Story
