The worst U.S. Midwest drought since 2012 expanded over the past week despite mild temperatures as a lack of rain across the heart of the American farm belt threatened newly seeded corn and soybean crops, climatologists said in a weekly report.
CHICAGO, June 15 (Reuters) - A stretch of dry weather
following planting season has stressed crops across the U.S.
Midwest, raising concerns that the forecasted record corn and
soybean harvest will fall below expectations. .
A stretch of dry weather following planting season has stressed crops across the U.S. Midwest, raising concerns that the forecasted record corn and soybean harvest will fall below expectations.
CHICAGO, June 13 (Reuters) - U.S. grains merchant Bunge
and Glencore-backed Viterra on Tuesday announced
an $18 billion deal to merge, creating one of the world s
largest agriculture trading firms. The deal brings Bunge closer.
Dev Shah, a 14-year-old boy from Largo, Florida, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, nailing the word "psammophile," meaning an organism that thrives in sandy soils, in the 15th round of the contest's finals.