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Nine Western states are currently in the midst of a historic "megadrought", according to scientists at Columbia University who just published their findings in the journal Science. They say it's the worst one in 500 years and has likely been ongoing since 2000. The researchers were studying the occurrence of megadroughts in the Western U.S., relying heavily on tree ring ...
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Brian Schinderle currently serves as Executive Vice President - Finance of Grassroots Cannabis (Grassroots) and is focused on strategy, capital markets, investor relations and mergers & acquisitions. Grassroots operates a vertically integrated cannabis business with current operations in 12 states and > 900 employees as of March 2020. On July 17, 2019, Grassroots announced the signing of a definitive merger ...
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Americans have been buying an increasing number of organic products in the last few years with sales climbing +6.3%, but the question now is how will the spread of COVID-19 impact the future of the organic space? Consumer purchasing patterns and more importantly, priorities are quickly changing. Our friends at Mercaris, the leading market data service and online trading platform ...
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The US Department of Agriculture last week reported a deadly case of H7N3 bird flu in a turkey flock in Chesterfield county, South Carolina. The virus killed 1,583 turkeys and the remaining 32,577 birds have since been euthanized. In a statement, USDA said there was no immediate public health concern and that no human cases of the virus had been ...
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COVID-19 has left economic forecasters with the very difficult task of analyzing and trying to predict where things go from here. Our friends from the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri are using their talents and tools to try and best forecast what affects and impact the pandemic may have on the agriculture sector ...
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At least 33 people were killed as a tornado outbreak slashed across the South on Sunday and Monday, destroying hundreds of homes and businesses and leaving numerous towns with widespread, severe damage. While tornadoes can and have occurred in every month in the United States, the most active months are typically April and May, with an average of 11.6 and ...
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Trying to buy or sell a house or building right now is a tricky proposition. Keep in mind, the value of global real estate is more than all the world’s stocks and bonds combined. It’s also a key growth driver, and will be vitally important moving forward. Unfortunately, what we are seeing in many parts of the global real estate ...
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As many of you know, our family started a company last year called AgSwag. During this Coronavirus debacle, we've been on a ton of calls with several top Ag CEOs and business leaders about ways they're pivoting and shifting to win the battle against the virus. Interestingly, they're also wanting our input and guidance to help them better bridge the ...
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Mr. Wells has over 40 years experience in the agriculture industry. He began his career in 1977 with Archer Daniels Midland Company and has worked in trading and executive capacities for numerous grain and trading businesses including DeBruce Grain, The Scoular Company, Peavey Grain, Con Agra, Farmland Industries, and Drexel Burnham Lambert. In these various capacities he has had complete ...
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Under unfortunate and bizarre conditions, researchers are now studying the Earth's movements as a majority of its citizens are locked down. Scrambling to collect data during the surreal slowdown of life, scientists are measuring how the pandemic is being felt across land, air, and sea. Normally seismologists wouldn’t pick up a 5.5 magnitude earthquake from the other side of the ...
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