Sentences with phrase «prices after drought»

Some who choose real ones are paying higher prices after the drought pushed up farmers» costs.»

There has been a bright spot for Australian agriculture with beef producers enjoying record prices after drought cut herd numbers and squeezed supply.

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But they also attribute the price fall to a seasonal rise in stock, after a drought of low listings earlier in the year.

That this House: (1) notes with concern the impact on the Dairy Industry of the Coles milk pricing strategy and that: (a) dairy farmers around the country are today seriously questioning their future having suffered through one of the worst decades in memory including droughts, floods, price cuts and rising cost of inputs such as energy and feed; (b) unsustainable retail milk prices will, over time, compel processors to renegotiate contracts with dairy farmers and the prospect that these contracts will be below the cost of production may force many to leave the industry; (c) the fact that supermarkets are now selling milk cheaper than many varieties of bottled water will be the straw that finally breaks the camel's back for many dairy farmers; and (d) the risk of other potential impacts includes: (i) decreased competition as name brands are forced from the shelves; and (ii) the possible loss of fresh milk supplies to some parts of the country as local fresh milk industries become unviable; and (2) calls on the Government to: (a) ask the ACCC to immediately examine the big supermarkets and milk wholesalers after recent price cuts to ensure they do not have too much market power and are not anti-competitive in their behaviour; and (b) support the new Senate inquiry into the ongoing milk price war between the country's major supermarket chains».

Fernando Torres has been ripped to shreds for his performances over the last few seasons — the man who scored the Euro 2008 - winning goal has struggled with both club and country since then — and although things were bad during his final seasons at Liverpool, they got even worse after a # 50M transfer to Chelsea, where the price tag combined with an incredible goal drought left him as the butt of jokes throughout England.

Arsenal's move to the Emirates in 2006 certainly played a part in the recent Silverware drought, but after almost eight years without success, along with the highest ticket prices in Europe, the excuses are looking as flimsy as Arsenal current first team squad.

Wheat futures in Chicago are up 50 percent in the past year, after drought in Russia and floods in Australia hurt output and sent global food prices surging.

And this isn't far - fetched at all, either — food prices jumped this year after severe drought swept over 60 % of the United States, which supplies half of the world with soybeans and is its largest corn - grower.

If that acreage isn't cared for, we'll see production decrease and we'll have a lingering impact next year or the year after that and we could be dealing with several years of accelerated food price inflation — especially if the drought persists.

After the economic crisis created a drought of home sales and declining prices from the fourth quarter of 2008 through the first quarter of 2009, the market began to recover in the spring due to pent - up demand and improved affordability.