Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Drought 2012

  • Drought 2012: No 'Heat Of The Moment' Decisions

    No matter what way you look at it, the now-officially christened Drought of 2012 has been a marketplace shaker. For many grower-customers, their corn crop will end up being a total loss.

    www.croplife.com

  • Hurricane Isaac: Mississippi River May Find Drought Relief After Storm

    30, 2012. Isaac staggered toward central Louisiana early Thursday, its weakening winds still potent enough to drive storm surge into portions of the coast and the River Parishes between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Drought of 2012 sets up higher prices for 2013

    The terrible drought dropped 2012 yield and profit prospects for many farmers across the Corn Belt this summer. It was a volatile and emotional time for many producers as they watched yield and profit potential go down and grain futures go up.

    www.agriculture.com

  • US Drought Helps Drive Shipping Rates to 3-1/2 Year Low

    Global grain exports will fall the most in 27 years in the 2012-13 marketing year as the drought curbs shipments from the world's largest supply country, U.S.

    www.businessweek.com

  • Popcorn drought hits US movie theaters

    By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters / September 4, 2012. Farmer Matt ... But as a crippling Midwestern drought sends commodity soybean and grain prices soaring, the family's farmland in west-central Indiana is suffering from a popcorn drought. Plants are ...

    www.csmonitor.com

  • Europe's Grains Won't Make Up for Losses of US, Russia Drought

    The grain harvest in the European Union, the world's third-largest grower, is unlikely to ease a global supply shortfall as dry weather hurts yields from Spain to Romania and British crops are delayed by rain.

    www.bloomberg.com

  • Drought, Low Export Demand Sap Midwest Economy

    An August survey suggests that the continuing drought and lessening export demand for U.S. products are among the drains on the economy in nine Midwest and Plains states, according to a report released Tuesday.

    www.insurancejournal.com

  • Drought strikes Midwest hard, fast

    Humidity hovers in the air. The sun blazes down from a burning sky, the temperature skyrockets to beat the all-time high in Sioux Falls.

    www.sdsucollegian.com

  • RFS Being Challenged by Drought

    The 2012 drought has brought the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) into the forefront. The RFS regulations are managed by the EPA, and those regulations are quite complicated.

    cornandsoybeandigest.com

  • US Drought Means Fall Foliage In Limbo For Oklahoma And Arkansas

    PRINCETON, IN - JULY 17: Drought-damaged corn grows in a field on July 17, 2012 near Princeton, Indiana. The corn and soybean belt in the middle of the nation is experiencing one of the worst droughts in more than five decades. Indiana was the nation's ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Drought Damps Optimism of US Farmers, Agribusinesses

    Bloomberg News. Drought Damps Optimism of U.S. Farmers, Agribusinesses. By Alan Bjerga on September 04, 2012. Tweet; Facebook; LinkedIn; Google Plus; Comments ... U.S. farmers struggling through the worst drought in a half century are less optimistic ...

    www.businessweek.com

  • Drought in India: Disrupted rhythms of nomadic family life

    By Michael Benanav, Guest blogger / September 4, 2012. Rabari cattle ... I've been catching the reports that the drought in the western United States is the worst to hit the region since the Dust Bowl years; how farmers are struggling; how livestock is ...

    www.csmonitor.com

  • Drought Affects Cow Crap Production

    We've been so worried about peaches and apples and corn and rising food prices that we didn't think to worry about the quality of cow chips deteriorating in this hot and steamy weather.

    chicagoist.com

  • Portugal gets foreign help battling wildfires amid hot weather, wind and drought

    LISBON, Portugal - Water-dumping aircraft from Spain and France on Tuesday joined Portugal's battle to halt the spread of wildfires through thick woodland in the country's north left tinder-dry by months of drought. Spain and France sent two aircraft ...

    www.washingtonpost.com

  • Isaac gives drought-stricken farmers brief respite

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Several days of rain have given farmers in the nation's midsection a welcome break from irrigating and hauling water for livestock as they contend with the worst drought in the U.S. in decades. The remnants of Hurricane Isaac ...

    www.boston.com

  • SBA Offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans in Mississippi Following Secretary ...

    ... small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes in Alcorn, Benton and Tippah counties in Mississippi as a result of the drought that occurred between July 3 and August ...

    www.sacbee.com

  • Popcorn Crops Feel Midwest Drought Squeeze

    Fallout from the lingering drought in the Midwest could include more than just higher food prices, it could lead to dwindling supplies of popcorn.

    www.investorplace.com

  • Isaac Gives Drought-Stricken Farmers Brief Respite

    Several days of rain have given farmers in the nation's midsection a welcome break from irrigating and hauling water for livestock as they contend with the worst drought in the U.S. in decades. The remnants of Hurricane Isaac dropped several inches of ...

    www.claimsjournal.com

  • Champagne drought threatens

    The good news: what there is could be outstanding. After one of the worst spring growing seasons on record, producers of the world's most celebrated bubbly are bracing themselves for one of the smallest harvests in the last 20 years.

    www.timeslive.co.za

  • Extreme drought grips southern, eastern Wyoming By The Associated Press ...

    Extreme drought grips southern, eastern Wyoming By The Associated Press • Wednesday, September 05, 2012. Print · E-mail; No comments posted.

    www.laramieboomerang.com

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