August is always the make-or-break month for the U.S. soybean crop. As the final days of July tick off the calendar, it's becoming clear that's maybe never been as true a statement as in 2014. Right now, conditions are shaping up for a ...
Tags: U.S.Soybean Crop, Forecasters, Food
No need to drag out the Carhartts just yet, but be ready for a cooldown in parts of the nation's midsection in the next few days, forecasters say. Remember the polar vortex that swung down into the Midwest a few times last winter, ...
Tags: Midsection, Cooldown, Food
The dominant weather trend in the Corn Belt -- cooler-than-normal temperatures -- have been a blessing in recent weeks, namely in how they're keeping absent rainfall from inflicting any crop damage. But, as the crop rounds the corner toward ...
Tags: Temps, Agriculture, Food
North American heavy and medium-duty truck orders slowed down in April from March, but are still up compared to the same time last year, freight forecasters at ACT Research said. ACT's analysts predict that about 17,800 North America ...
Tags: Truck, Auto, Transportation, heavy Truck, medium-duty truck
March 2014 was a good month for heavy and medium-duty truck orders, according to two reports from freight forecasters. The freight forecast firm FTR says that at the end of March in North America, a total of 27,139 Class 8 trucks were ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation
Brazil cuts corn & soybean crop production forecasts. Brazil revealed the first estimates of damage to its crop prospects from hot and dry weather, cutting forecast for corn and soybean production, but the downgrades failed to prevent ...
Tags: Agriculture, weather, soybean, Corn
Brazil revealed the first estimates of damage to its crop prospects from hot and dry weather, cutting forecast for corn and soybean production, but the downgrades failed to prevent a tumble in Chicago futures. The Conab crop bureau cut by ...
Tags: corn and soybean production, lack of rainfall, influenced by climate
“Of course we’re disappointed,” National Lighting Bureau Executive Director John Bachner said in response to third-quarter 2013 performance of the NEMA Lighting Systems Index (LSI). The Index declined 1.6% from ...
Tags: miniature-lamp shipments, operating costs, improving lighting quality
Natural-gas prices fell 17% since Monday, the largest two-day drop in the market more than six years, as investors continued to take profits from last week's rally. Futures for March delivery settled down 34.9 cents, or 6.4%, at $5.096 a ...
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All three nearby futures contracts closed higher for the third consecutive week. Strong export demand and concerns about cold, dry conditions in the U.S. Plains pushed futures to a two-month high on Wednesday. Profit taking efforts led to ...
Tags: Wheat Price, Food
To better protect lives and property, a new radar network offering higher resolution data and potentially earlier warning of severe weather goes live this month in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex as government, university and industry ...
Tags: Weather Radar, Storm Data, NSF, CASA
They said the party was over, but Australia's giant resources sector is surging into a two-horse race between iron ore and coal, with the latest numbers revealing that there is still fire in the belly of the boom, thanks mainly to sustained ...
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Bermudagrass hay prices in Arkansas have stalled out, says grower Jamey Styles, pictured here with his wife, Angela, and their five children.Photo: Styles Farms A supply glut coupled with slack demand has bermudagrass hay prices backing ...
Tags: hay prices, northern Arkansas, cow hay, bermudagrass hay prices
TT File Photo Officials reopened a section of the New York State Thruway early Jan. 8 after closing it two days before because of snow and extreme cold. The section between West Seneca and the Pennsylvania line in the Western part of ...
Tags: New York State Thruway, extreme cold, reopen, temperature
In a large swath of California, 2013 is closing out as the driest year on record, marked by above-normal temperatures and thirsty reservoirs. While a drought has not been declared, some communities have urged residents to conserve water. ...
Tags: California, driest year, weather