Tag: agriculture
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Already roasting in extreme heat? 2024 could be even hotter, NASA scientists warn
[ad_1] Heat records have been shattered from California to Florida this summer. And, yes, it is summer and summer is hot. If 2023 already feels like one for the record books, 2024 won’t bring any relief, NASA scientists said this week. Unprecedented heat has cooked the U.S. Southwest to dangerous levels, stressed air-conditioning reliability and…
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Why traders should brace for El Niño’s effects on weather and commodities around the world
[ad_1] Weather has always been a key factor for many major commodities, and last month’s arrival of the El Niño climate pattern has the potential to significantly disrupt the outlook for consumer staples such as sugar, soybeans, rice, and wheat. “The El Niño story is big,” said Darin Newsom, Barchart senior market analyst. “We saw…
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FMC’s stock rocked after ‘breathtaking’ cut to revenue outlook
[ad_1] FMC Corp. investors were having their worst day in more than three years on Monday after the agriculture-sciences company released a jarring revenue outlook, citing an “abrupt and unprecedented” drop in volume. The seller of ingredients for insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and plant-health products FMC, -10.43% said it now expects second-quarter revenue of between $1…
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Nearly half of U.S. tap water turns up ‘forever chemicals’ — who’s most at risk?
[ad_1] At least 45% of the tap water in the U.S. is estimated to have at least one type of the “forever chemicals” that researchers have linked to cancer, low birth weight and thyroid disease, a new national study from the U.S. Geological Survey released this week shows. The agency claims it’s the first comprehensive…
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California man sentenced to seven years in $9 million cow-poop Ponzi scheme
[ad_1] It was all just a pile of manure. A California con artist has been sentenced to nearly seven years in prison for duping investors out of close to $9 million in a Ponzi scheme that claimed to be converting cow poop into green energy. Ray Brewer, 66, pleaded guilty earlier this year to running…