Archive for September, 2007
WHEAT REACHES RECORD, HEADS FOR BIGGEST MONTHLY GAIN SINCE 1973
September 1st, 2007Via: Bloomberg: Wheat futures in Chicago climbed to a record, heading for the biggest monthly gain in 34 years, as demand from importers including South Korea and India reduced global inventories. Prices for the grain have doubled in the past year as adverse weather in Ukraine, Canada, Europe and Australia damaged crops. Global stockpiles will […]
Dirt: The Silent Global Crisis
September 1st, 2007The most disturbing thing that I notice about New Zealand is soil erosion. Many farms in the Far North are shockingly overstocked and erosion is, quite simply, washing the deforested land out to sea. This isn’t some far out theory. I see it happening. It doesn’t take much rain to turn the Oruru river brown […]
