October 12, 2012 p. C7 by O. Fletcher and B. Tomson
[Excerpted] "Corn and soybean prices rallied after the U.S. government forecast tighter supplies of the two crops next year than analysts expected. Corn futures jumped 5% to a one-month high, while soybeans rose 1.7%"
Majia here: Rising food prices and declining availability promise social unrest in poor countries as hunger, perhaps even starvation, looms.
Aug 05, 2012
[Excerpted]
The historic drought of 2012 is intensifying in the most parched areas
of the American heartland, roasting much of the corn and soybean crop,
scorching the grasslands and pastures essential for cattle grazing, and ...
Jul 17, 2012
About
55 percent of the continental United States is now designated as in
moderate drought or worse, the largest percentage since December 1956,
according to the National Climatic Data Center, and the outlook is grim.
Jul 10, 2012
About
40 percent of the corn crop was in good or excellent condition as of
July 8, down from 48 percent a week earlier and the lowest for this time
of year since a drought in 1988, the U.S. Department of Agriculture
said today ...
Aug 08, 2012
More
than 52% of the country is now experiencing some level of drought, and
drought conditions are actually intensifying in the Midwest; 66% of the
Illinois corn crop is in “poor” or “very poor” shape, with similarly
devastating ...
Sep 09, 2012
The
drought has parched pastures and curbed corn, hay, and soybean
production, driving up the price of feed. Last year, ranchers sold more
animals than normal to slaughterhouses rather than pay the high cost to
feed them” ...
Oct 02, 2012
He
explains that carbon-14 is being produced at Fukushima. I recommend
reading the post. I've commented previously about my concerns that
Fukushima fallout is impacting weather and contributing to the drought
in the US.
Aug 25, 2012
Max
Keiser interviews Dimtri Orlov who offers a very interesting
interpretation of this ongoing humanitarian crisis caused by the
financial crisis and resource limits:; [KR331] Keiser Report: Liquidity
Drought. I recommend ...
Aug 31, 2012
Previously
I posted speculation on a possible relationship between this year's
drought in the midwest and Fukushima
http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/drought-and-nuclear-testsaccidents.html.
The post looked at ...
Aug 08, 2011
Economists
are cautioning that the nation's growing dependence on corn would make
for a double jolt in the event of a drought across the Midwest: soaring
prices not just for food but also for gasoline... ...Analysts now warn ...
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