Tag: dry weather

• Monday, September 30th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  Dry weather threatens 20% of Argentine winter and summer crops

  

  Dry weather in Argentina is hitting the outlooks for wheat and corn crops, local climate experts said, while low-cost soy is being supported by growers looking to hedge their bets with political uncertainty rising ahead of October's presidential vote.

• Thursday, May 30th 2019 - 08:37 UTC

  Australia's drought conditions to persist for at least three months, forcing wheat import

  

  Hot, dry weather will persist across Australia's east coast for at least another three months, the country's weather bureau said on Thursday, in a forecast that threatens to severely crimp agricultural production.

• Wednesday, February 13th 2019 - 07:41 UTC

  Hot and dry weather impacts on Brazil's 2018/19 soybean crop

  

  The Brazilian 2018-19 soybean crop will fall to 115.34 million tons, as the effects of hot and dry weather in December and January are gradually taken into account, national crop agency Conab said on Tuesday.

• Friday, August 10th 2012 - 07:35 UTC

  FAO warns countries against a repeat of the 2007/08 food prices crisis

  

  The world could face a food crisis of the kind seen in 2007/08 if countries restrict exports on concerns about a drought-fuelled grain price rally, the UN food agency FAO warned, after reporting a surge in global food prices in July.

• Wednesday, January 4th 2012 - 06:26 UTC

  Dry weather, heat and lack of rain threaten Mercosur soybean crop

  

  Mercosur soybean production is expected to fall 2.9% after dry weather and heat damaged crops in Brazil and Paraguay and as conditions deteriorate in Argentina, Hamburg-based industry researcher Oil World said.

• Monday, July 19th 2010 - 00:15 UTC

  World production of rough rice affected by dry weather in Mekong River

  

  Global production of rough rice, the staple for half the world’s population, may be 6 million tons less than estimated earlier this year after prolonged dry weather in the Mekong River region hurt crops, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.