Tag: drought

• Tuesday, August 21st 2018 - 08:04 UTC

  Emus flock to towns as Australia continues to struggle with extreme drought

  

  Large numbers of emus have been flocking to an outback mining town in New South Wales as Australia continues to struggle with extreme drought. The flightless birds are desperately searching for food and water in Broken Hill, local animal rescue services say.

• Thursday, May 3rd 2018 - 08:44 UTC

  Uruguay´s soybean crop forecasted to drop 43% because of devastating drought

  

  Due to the recent devastating drought, soybean production in Uruguay is forecast to drop to 1.7 million tons in 2017-18, according to an April 30 Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

• Wednesday, April 11th 2018 - 09:21 UTC

  Drought will cost Argentina's herd up to a million head

  

  Argentina’s herd will shrink by up to 1 million head of cattle next year as ranchers facing scorched pastures after the worst drought in decades decide to slaughter females rather than grow their herds, analysts said.

• Friday, March 16th 2018 - 10:18 UTC

  Macri announces debt relief for farmers struggling with drought

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri said the government would provide some debt relief to farmers struggling through what he described as the country’s worst drought in 40 years, which has resulted in dramatic cuts to soybean and corn crop outlooks.

• Friday, March 16th 2018 - 10:14 UTC

  Dry summer cuts Argentina's soy crop to 40m tons; US$ 4.6bn negative impact on the economy

  

  Argentina's Rosario Grains Exchange slashed 14% off its forecast for the country's soy crop on Thursday, saying a drought now in its fourth month would limit the harvest to 40 million tons versus its previous estimate of 46.5 million. Argentina has been suffering dry weather since last November.

• Friday, January 5th 2018 - 10:25 UTC

  Drought in north Argentina seriously delaying plating of soy and corn

  

  The drought in Argentina continues in several regions and has generated a delay of planting for the 2017-18 season. A report authored by the institution AgroEducación indicated that La Niña, though subtle, already impacts the region with temperatures above normal and scarce rains.

• Friday, May 22nd 2015 - 10:21 UTC

  El Niño could again disrupt global food markets later this year

  

  A strong El Niño is likely to increase prices of staple foods such as rice, coffee, sugar and cocoa, say scientists. Forecasters agree that the El Niño effect, which can drive droughts and flooding, is under way in the tropical Pacific, but they say it is too early to say how severe it will be.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2012 - 06:41 UTC

  Soy, corn and wheat futures with record drops in Chicago on improved yields of US crop

  

  US soybean futures tumbled on Monday trading posting their biggest percentage drop in nearly one year, on selling sparked by anecdotal accounts of better-than-expected yields in the Midwest farm belt.

• Friday, September 7th 2012 - 06:25 UTC

  FAO says global food prices remained steady in August, but “the game is not over”

  

  Global food prices remained steady in August, the United Nations food agency said Thursday, but warned that “the game is not over” as it was only the beginning of the harvest season.

• Friday, August 31st 2012 - 04:46 UTC

  Global food prices index soars 10% in July: World Bank sound the alarm

  

  Global food prices soared by 10% in July from a month ago, with maize and soybean reaching all-time peaks due to an unprecedented summer of droughts and high temperatures in both the United States and Eastern Europe, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Food Price Watch report.