The 2014 corn crop's going to be 4% smaller than 2013, while soybean acres will grow, according to Monday's USDA-NASS annual Prospective Plantings report. Those numbers were immediately bullish, but those bulls didn't run far. And now, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Corn
US Gulf Coast crude stocks climbed to their highest level on record in the week that ended Friday, hitting 200.3 million barrels, as growing pipeline capacity from Cushing, Oklahoma, sends barrels surging south, according to data released ...
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NYMEX May crude futures settled 14 cents higher at $99.60/barrel Monday with investors focusing on the suspension of vessel boardings in the Houston Ship Channel and its possible impact on oil movements in the US Gulf Coast region. May ...
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Ray Archuleta says the earth is sick. It is in this condition, he says, in large measure due to our disregard of natural principles in our approach to agriculture. Archuleta is a conservation agronomist with the Natural Resource ...
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Above-normal temperatures and high winds are turning winter into spring rapidly Oklahoma State University Extension Wheat Specialist Dr. Jeff Edwards tells Radio Oklahoma Network's Ron Hays. The latest crop weather reports, however, ...
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With US refineries expanding their capacity to process more domestic light oil in the coming years, the US Energy Information Administration on Tuesday said it expects refinery crude inputs to reach 15.52 million b/d this year and 15.61 ...
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Many who suffer from allergies think moving would help them but U.S. researchers say people with allergies would have them no matter where they lived. "Before this study, if you would have asked 10 allergy specialists if allergy ...
US commercial crude stocks are expected to have risen 2.3 million barrels for the week ended March 7, according to a Platts analysis and survey of oil analysts Monday. The American Petroleum Institute will release its weekly report at ...
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The High Plains Dairy Conference held recently in Lubbock served as a one-stop update for many things important to the dairy industry, including the value of maintaining good employees, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service ...
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Soybeans were sharply lower on fund and commercial selling. Ending stocks were down on the month at 145 million bushels, but that was still larger than expected. Additionally, it looks like traders are more focused on planting and quarterly ...
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UPS Inc. said it is planning to purchase 1,000 propane-fueled delivery trucks and install 50 fueling stations at its facilities, representing a $70 million investment. The trucks will replace diesel- and gasoline-fueled vehicles in ...
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The front-month Brent-WTI spread settled at a fresh five-month low of $6.48/barrel Friday, as steady drawdowns in crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub have lent upside support to WTI, while Brent remains subdued. NYMEX ...
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ATLANTA, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. flu activity continued to decrease during the week ending Feb. 22, but was high in Hawaii and Oklahoma, federal health officials say. The weekly flu report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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The 6th Annual 2014 IEEE Green Technologies will be held in Corpus Christi, Texas at the Corpus Christi Omni Hotel April 3-4, 2014. Sponsored by IEEE USA, IEEE Region 5, and IEEE Corpus Christi Section, and commonly referred to as IEEE ...
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Temperatures across the Midwest this morning range from the 20s and 30s across northern areas with some lower 40s across southern regions. Most of us will be greeted by abundant sunshine this morning, with sun across western areas fading ...
Tags: Winter Weather, Gulf, river transportation, Des Moines