Farmers brace for soybean threat
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GUELPH -- The fate of Ontario&#39;s soybean crop is quite literally at the whim of the wind. The United States Department of Agriculture confirmed last week that Asian soybean rust is present in soybean crops
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Driven by voracious Asian demand, Brazilian and Argentine farmers are scrambling to plant as much soy as they can while Chilean mine workers rack up overtime burrowing into the earth for copper.
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A La Nina weather pattern could be in store for spring and summer, which could make it a dry growing season for grains and soybeans in the US Midwest and Plains, a private forecaster predicted Friday.
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If a record-breaking heat wave doesn't lift soon, cattle rancher Sharon McDonald may see her hay crop turn to dust.
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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says more funds are essential to combat locust swarms that are devastating crops in West Africa, and warns failure to act quickly, could result in a regional plague by the end of the year.
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Farmers are hoping that restrictions on the movement of livestock will soon be lifted.
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NI poultry farmers are told to be extra vigilant following a bird flu outbreak in the east of England.
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FARMERS recovering from the drought of 2002-03 have received some good news and bad: the value of crop and livestock exports is forecast to rise but the price of wool is set to fall.
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FARMERS are being invited to find out about con
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 18--Lingering drought conditions could lead to more water restrictions for western growers already worried about losing crops.
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Northeast Iowa farmers have said for years it was only a matter of time before soybean rust was found in the United States. Time&#39;s up.
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After decades of spreading the fungus across the globe, the wind was expected to bring soybean rust to the United States to threaten crop production and carry a hefty
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In foul weather in the Bering Sea, a Coast Guard salvage team, oil cleanup experts and marine biologists worked Monday to assess and contain damage caused by a soybean
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Many farmers have stood next to their dairy effluent ponds and watched the biogas bubble up and disappear into the air.
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Across the globe, huge demand for biofuels has created tension between using land to produce fuel and using it for food.
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Spreading plantations are blamed for a threat to wildlife.
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Soybean rust has spread to  Arkansas, the first major U.S. soybean-producing state infected with the contagious fungus that slashes crop production, Arkansas officials said on Monday.