Drought Sinking California Farmland
(AP) Land in Central California's agricultural region is sinking so quickly because of the state's historic drought that it is forcing farmers to spend millions of dollars upgrading irrigation canals...
View ArticleWorld Risks Third Food-Price Surge in a Decade on Record El Nino
(Bloomberg) The El Nino weather pattern sweeping the globe for the first time in five years risks setting off the next great surge in world food prices after they rose to records in 2008 and 2011,...
View ArticleFrom Soaked to Choked, Midwest Corn Farms Showing Damage Signs
(Bloomberg) Bill Long says the 1,500 acres of corn he grows in Illinois is a mix of the good, the bad and the ugly, after soaking rains in June and July were followed by a dry August. Some of his crop...
View ArticleAustralia Raises Wheat Crop Outlook as Rain Defies El Nino
(Bloomberg) Australia increased its wheat production estimate after El Nino-defying rain in winter boosted the outlook for yields in key growing regions. Output may total 25.3 million metric tons in...
View ArticleDrought Exposes Cracks in Australia’s Acclaimed Water Market
(Reuters) A pioneering Australian scheme to improve the management of water in the world's driest inhabited continent is facing its first real test as an intensifying El Nino threatens crops and builds...
View ArticleStorm Suspected of Carrying new Corn Disease into U.S.
(Reuters) A tropical storm could have carried the corn disease tar spot into the heart of the U.S. farm belt for the first time, as winds and rain blew in from Latin America, researchers told Reuters....
View ArticleDry Weather Delays Soy Planting in Two Brazilian States
(WSJ) Farmers in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Goiás have barely started to plant soybeans for the 2015-2016 growing season because of unseasonably dry weather, according to the head of...
View ArticleDry Weather Plagues Sowing in the Black Sea
(Reuters) Ukrainian farmers find themselves in a similar situation to last year: soils are dry. Dryness does not yet pose a risk to yields, but sown area could take a beating and noticeably reduce...
View ArticleAs Sunspots Fade, Will Crop Yields Fall?
(Barron’s) A decades-old government crop report, combined with the very latest data from NASA, seem to indicate that there will be poor growing conditions and lower grain yields over the next few...
View ArticleForget El Niño: La Niña Poised to Storm the Markets
(WSJ) As El Niño reaches its peak this winter, investors are already bracing for its sister climate phenomenon, La Niña, to be next to upend weather patterns and potentially wreak havoc on the...
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