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India to receive above-average monsoon rains, boosting crop output

June 1, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Markets, Asia / Pacific, AVERAGE, Coffee, Commodities News (3rd Party), Cotton, Emerging Market Countries, General News, Grains, INDIA, MONSOON, Palm Oil, Precipitation, Rice, Rubber, Softs, Soybean, Soybean Oil, Spices / Herbs / Fruit / Vegetables, Tea, US, Water and Other Utilities (TRBC)

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is likely to receive above average monsoon rainfall for the second straight year in 2020,

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Rhine water level rises, still too shallow in northern sections

May 4, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Coal, Corn, Electric Utilities (TRBC), Energy (TRBC), Europe, Germany, Grains, Meals / Feeds / Pulses, Oilseeds, Power Markets, Precipitation, Refined Products, RHINE, SHIPPING, US, Water and Other Utilities (TRBC), Weather Markets / Weather, Western Europe

HAMBURG (Reuters) – Water levels on the Rhine in Germany have risen sharply after recent rain but remain too shallow

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U.S. EPA waives fuel requirements, extends biofuels deadline to help refineries

March 28, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Markets, Americas (Energy), BIOFUELS, Company News, Corn, Crude Oil, Energy (Legacy), Energy (TRBC), Energy Markets, Environment, EPA, Gasoline, Grains, Lawmaking, Major News, North America (Energy), Oil and Gas (TRBC), Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing (TRBC), Picture available, Pollution, Refined Products, Renewable Energy, United States, US, US Government News, USA

(Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday unveiled measures to help oil refineries cope with fallout from the

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Wheat in Whitehorse: how climate change helps feed Canada’s remote regions

March 24, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Markets, AGRICULTURE, Canada, Carbon / Emissions Markets, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Environment, FEATURE, Features, General News, Grains, Meals / Feeds / Pulses, Oilseeds, Pictures, Science, US, Weather Markets / Weather

WINNIPEG, Manitoba/OTTAWA (Reuters) – After failing to grow wheat in Canada’s subarctic Yukon territory 15 years ago, farmer Steve Mackenzie-Grieve

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China urges authorities to prepare for possible locust invasion

March 2, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Markets, Asia / Pacific, CHINA, China (PRC), Commodities News (3rd Party), Company News, Diseases, Economic News (3rd Party), Emerging Market Countries, General News, Government / Politics, Grains, Health / Medicine, Livestock, LOCUSTS, Monetary / Fiscal Policy / Policy Makers, Softs, US

FILE PHOTO: A desert locust is seen feeding on a plantation in a grazing land on the outskirt of Dusamareb

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EPA consulting White House over biofuel waiver program: source

February 15, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Advocacy Groups / Pressure Groups / Lobbies, Agricultural Markets, Americas (Energy), BIOFUELS, Company News, Corn, Crude Oil, Environment, Europe, Gasoline, Government / Politics, Grains, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, Lawmaking, North America (Energy), Oil and Gas (TRBC), Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing (TRBC), Oil Refineries, Refined Products, United States, US, US Government News, US House of Representatives, USA

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking White House guidance on the future of its controversial

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Australia offers drought ravaged farmers up to $688 million in cheap loans

November 7, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Markets, Asia / Pacific, Australia, Company News, DROUGHT, Droughts, Economic News (3rd Party), Economic Output, Fishing and Farming (TRBC), Food and Tobacco (TRBC), General News, Government / Politics, Grains, International Trade, Livestock, Loans, Picture available, Precipitation, Softs, US, Water, Water and Other Utilities (TRBC), Weather Markets / Weather, Wheat

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will offer farmers hurt by drought up to A$1 billion ($688.10 million) in cheap loans, Prime

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Floods kill 113 in north India in late monsoon burst, jail, hospital submerged

October 1, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Disasters / Accidents, Floods, Grains, INDIA, Pictures, Precipitation, US, Video, Water and Other Utilities (TRBC)

Rescue members evacuate people from a flood-affected neighbourhood in Patna, in the eastern state of Bihar, India, October 1, 2019.

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Trump administration considers boost to biofuel mandates to ease farmer anger: sources

August 24, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Markets, BIOFUELS, Company News, Corn, Energy (TRBC), Environment, Gasoline, Government / Politics, Grains, Major News, Oil and Gas (TRBC), Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing (TRBC), Oil Refineries, TRUMP, United States, United States Department of Agriculture, US, US Government News, USA

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is considering ramping up biofuel blending quotas in the coming years to assuage

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Sharp rise in Brazilian deforestation undeniable, says sacked research chief

August 4, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Agricultural Markets, Americas, BRAZIL, Carbon / Emissions Markets, Climate Politics, Coffee, Commodities News (3rd Party), Crude Oil, Environment, Environmental Services (TRBC), Government / Politics, Grains, Livestock, Metals and Mining (TRBC), MINING, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, Science, Softs, South America / Central America, Sugar, Timber / Lumber, US

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Ricardo Galvao, the sacked head of Brazil’s space research agency, said on Saturday the trend of

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