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For normally stoic farmers, stress of climate change can be too much to bear
2016-02-28 13:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: The wind was unusually strong, and it swept across Saskatchewan farmland without warning or mercy to canola farmers who had just cut and laid out their crops to dry. Kim Keller, 31, remembers the mid-September day clearly. It was 2012, her first year working back on the familys 4,900-hectare grain farm in Gronlid, a hamlet about 200 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon. An auto insurance adjuster for the previous six years, Keller realized after a decade away that the farm is where she yearned to...
Sprouts Farmers Market: Don't Chase Now
2016-02-27 20:44:58| Grocery - Topix.net
Over the last six months, I encouraged investors on multiple occasions to not view Sprouts Farmers Market so negatively . Outside of the flash crash, the stock traded down to $20 on two occasions providing attractive entry points.
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Thailand plans steps worth $285 million to help drought-hit rice farmers
2016-02-26 08:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Thailand, the world's second-biggest rice exporter, on Friday announced measures worth around $285 million to help farmers in the country who have been hit hard by a severe drought and low prices for their crop. The Southeast Asian nation is facing what some experts say is its worst drought in decades. While this has crimped rice output, it has not buoyed prices given huge stocks of about 12 million tonnes that Thailand is trying to offload, the legacy of a subsidy scheme undertaken by the previous...
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Irish Farmers Demand Lower Feed Costs After Latest Pig Price Drop
2016-02-24 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
IRELAND - The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) National Pigs Committee Chairman, Pat O’Flaherty, has expressed "complete outrage" at processors’ decision to drop pig prices last week.
Weekly Overview: Will Pig Farmers Suffer in 2016?
2016-02-23 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - Continuing our coverage from the UK AHDB 2016 Outlook conference, Jackie Linden reported that 2016 may bring another difficult year for pig producers.
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