Sentences with phrase «as crop prices»

Icici has unveiled a mobile app specifically designed for India's huge rural population, providing a host of banking services as well as useful information such as crop prices.

Not exact matches

As Peter puts it, «I don't know a farmer who wouldn't be happier growing a very good crop, getting a decent price for it, and making his living that way.»

These kinds of foods are arguably more eco-friendly than meat but - whatever your thoughts about gluten - free eating - it will change how protein crops are distributed globally and may divert pulses or increase the price of them for countries such as India that depend of non-livestock proteins.

While some remain defiant and plan to continue their work, one party in particular stands to benefit if the new policy restricts legal sales and pushes prices up — Mexican drug traffickers who see marijuana as a kind of cash crop.

Today, the company operates an online marketplace that helps farmers lock in fair prices on seeds, fertilizers and other costly «inputs» they use to grow healthy crops, as well as sell their crops to buyers.

And I mean as the delicious irony of this business, we're worried about what the crop's going to be this year and when it's going to yield and we're already talking about pricing for the spring of» 13.

For example, 45 years ago here in Saskatchewan, pulses such as lentils and peas were a small part of the province's farm economy.9 In the 1970s, however, researchers at the University of Saskatchewan began searching for a protein crop to complement wheat, which was suffering from an oversupply and low prices.

Some of Aspect's deals it has joined as an external investor providing a fair price to existing investors looking to add to their bets; in others such as many of its seed deals, the firm has typically participated alongside a seed funding specialist as a warm - up to a Series A. «The bumper crop of seed investors creates more opportunity for us,» Gouw says.

Although cocoa prices scored the most impressive quarterly gain, with futures up 35 % on production issues in West Africa, soybeans were a standout as well, with futures up 9.8 % as a drought harmed crops in Argentina while years of bumper harvests in the United States were set to recede in 2018.

U.S. food - price inflation may top the government's forecast as higher crop, meat, dairy and energy costs lead companies including Nestle SA, McDonald's Corp. and Whole Foods Market Inc. to boost prices.

But price pressures had «eased slightly» in some districts as gasoline prices and dairy and crop costs fell.

The Great Plains and the Midwestern part of the United States have experienced extremely cold temperatures during the early spring as that is causing some concerns on crop yields as I do think wheat prices could test the $ 5 level possibly in next week's trade.

Wheat prices spent the first few days of this week pushing back up towards their highs made back in early March as crop tours began this week to determine just how much production has been lost.

Even though soybeans are not a major crop in La Crosse County, they are increasing as farmers seek to diversify, especially with low milk prices slamming dairy farms, she said.

The price of wheat has risen by 8 1/2 per cent in the past three months, as adverse weather conditions in Europe have reduced the expected size of the world wheat crop for 2003/04.

Empowerment through information access can be as basic a matter as a farmer in a developing nation being able to call and find out the current prices for his crops, or as large - scale as an educational satellite video network designed to span the vast territory of India.

However, I sometimes wonder if on Judgment Day we will be as proud when we learn about atrocities our nation has committed against Muslim nations in the form of economics, or unjustified wars, or price manipulation of crops and technology, or who knows what else?

As farmers increase production, improve crop quality, reduce worker complaints, and increase worker efficiency, while differentiating their product, improving their access to credit, and often earning premium prices.

The primary vegetable oils in the U.S. are derived from corn and soybeans, and the U.S. is the world leader in these two crops, as they are heavily subsidized by U.S. taxpayers to keep prices artificially low.

But there are several reasons to diversify crops, such as hedging farm revenue against the volatility of cocoa prices.

It is important California avocado growers complete the survey as it enables CAC to fine tune crop estimates, predict the harvest flow to market and understand growers» farming practices in light of global market pressures, weather incidents and water pricing.

They include: high levels of degraded soils; reductions in irrigation quotas to restore the health of the Murray - Darling system; the re-forestation of some agricultural land to meet emissions reductions targets; the impacts of peak oil, such as the diversion of food crops into feed - stock for biofuels; and the price and crop yield implications of peak phosphorous, given Australia's dependence on imported fertilisers.

A farmer's success depends on crop quality, productivity, and efficiency as well as sales price, which is why we address these four areas.

Exporters such as African Fair Trade participate in the programme as a buyer of organic cotton, but also providing crop finance and guaranteeing a minimum fair price to the farmers.

no idea what games you have been watching but the idea of ramsey as a defensive enforcer is comical... missed tackles galore, slow in to tackles and weak first touch define his game... though to be fair only wenger thinks he is a renasiance footballer qble to play any position... the ramsey bandwagon was for some time based on the barca cant have him ay any price delusion... the man should be part of the summer sale crop along with mert walcott and gibbs... its fifty fifty on campbell and giroud... both are decent squad players but the need for quality attacking options is palpable

A Manchester United 1 - 0 correct score return will fetch a price of 7/1 which is the same quote as there is on a 1 - 1 draw cropping up.

He said the economy could crumble under any major economic shock such as crop failure or sharp fall in commodity prices.

Whether it's farmers or fishers suddenly being able to call around and shop around for the best prices for their crop or catch, or the ability of a rural laborer to avoid walking miles in (often fruitless) searches for available jobs, or the possibility, in some countries, to actually use phones as mobile bank accounts, the devices have proved useful in an astonishing number of ways.

Such a story may crop up more often as UAVs fall in price and become simpler to use.

As a result, farmers planting non-GM crops benefit from fewer pests, but don't have to pay the higher prices for the GM seeds.

«Crop protection products such as fungicides help farmers grow quality crops free of disease and achieve better yields, which keeps prices low for consumers,» said Mike Leggett, senior director of environmental policy at CropLife America.

A permanently erratic and harsh monsoon would depress crop yields, increase erosion on farms, and cause a rise in global food prices as India is forced to import more food.

At least the Commission, when deciding what policies to propose on issues such as the safety of nanoparticles, the impact of biofuel crops over food prices or chemical substances with hormone - disrupting effects is attempting to pursue policy that reflects the wishes of European citizens.

Sometimes I have to wonder if the industry pushes styles like cropped slacks just to save money (less fabric but the same price as long slacks) and they pass it off as a trend.

A few favorites that I already own also made it to Tag Sale, including the versatile Meg Scalloped Tank (now $ 40 + 30 % off), the AMO Bow Mid-Rise Straight Cropped Jeans (now $ 170 + 30 % off, size UP, the darker wash remain stubbornly full price) and the Cloth & Stone Strappy V - Neck Blouse (now $ 50 + 30 % off) which I wear as a beach cover - up.

No matter how low the price may be, A Woolly Good Time isn't up to snuff, its welterweight supply of six 6 - minute shorts being cropped from widescreen broadcasts as well.

Among students who saw Thomas Hart Benton's Ploughing It Under, 79 percent recollected that it is a depiction of a farmer destroying his crops as part of a Depression - era price support program.

Also, if the price does comes as a bit disappointing, that's surely because the new crop of low cost tablets from Amazon and B&N that has come our way.

As the WSJ article notes, there is debate about whether the decline in sales / profits for the traditional publishers is because of the increase in e-book prices under the new contracts or because of a crop of lackluster titles.

(j) For a given soybean crop year ending August 31 and a given Soybean Meal futures delivery territory except the Central Territory, when the weekly (as of Friday) cumulative average ratio of outstanding Soybean Meal Shipping Certificates to CBOT maximum 24 hour Soybean Meal production capacity within that Soybean Meal futures delivery territory, relative to that ratio for the combined remaining Soybean Meal territories, is greater than or equal to 2.0, payment for Shipping Certificates issued from that territory will be at a discount of $.50 per ton under contract price in addition to the territorial delivery differential adjustment.

Traditional commodity ETFs such as the iShares S&P GSCI Commodity - Indexed Trust (GSG) simply hold long positions in various crops, metals and energy products, and if commodity prices fall, so does the value of the fund.

The best fund firms — such as Dodge & Cox, T. Rowe Price and Vanguard, all of which sell no - load funds directly to customers, and the broker - sold American funds — can hire managers from among the cream of the crop because the companies treat their people well.

That drives up prices of other crops, as well.

We pray for a hearty hay crop this year and hope that the prices will reduce as close to normal as possible.

Puppy price of $ 1,500 Includes: - AKC FSS registration and UKC registrable - Ears cropped as these are working dogs, no exceptions.

[1] CO2 absorbs IR, is the main GHG, human emissions are increasing its concentration in the atmosphere, raising temperatures globally; the second GHG, water vapor, exists in equilibrium with water / ice, would precipitate out if not for the CO2, so acts as a feedback; since the oceans cover so much of the planet, water is a large positive feedback; melting snow and ice as the atmosphere warms decreases albedo, another positive feedback, biased toward the poles, which gives larger polar warming than the global average; decreasing the temperature gradient from the equator to the poles is reducing the driving forces for the jetstream; the jetstream's meanders are increasing in amplitude and slowing, just like the lower Missippi River where its driving gradient decreases; the larger slower meanders increase the amplitude and duration of blocking highs, increasing drought and extreme temperatures — and 30,000 + Europeans and 5,000 plus Russians die, and the US corn crop, Russian wheat crop, and Aussie wildland fire protection fails — or extreme rainfall floods the US, France, Pakistan, Thailand (driving up prices for disk drives — hows that for unexpected adverse impacts from AGW?)

The local farmers, of course, helped to provide political support for this for two reasons: (1) They really need another cash crop as the current ones have rather depressed prices.

This past year, 40 percent of domestic corn crops have gone into gas tanks, even as a rise in global food prices has hurt the poorest families.

As corn crops wither and food prices rise, this has resulted in a steady string of visits to Iowa and other sun - baked states by politicians, including both Rep. Paul Ryan and President Obama today.

Small spaces don't have to feel like a cage, especially when there are so many micro-sized apartments are cropping up as a response to rising housing prices.