While the threat of El Nino - which is associated with dry weather across Australia's east coast - has eased in recent weeks, the dry weather persists.
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He also said dry weather may have reduced bean size.
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In France, maize has also suffered from hot, dry weather.
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Hydro power generation fell 12% due to prolonged dry weather.
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Australia's east coast had three-years of below average output following sustained dry weather, with the strongest El Nino in nearly 20 years fuelling dry weather in the region and crimping production last season.
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Cocoa trees need a delicate balance of rainy and dry weather.
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Now, despite dry weather, the village still has plenty of water.
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Exceptionally hot, dry weather has hit some crops in northern Europe.
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Dry weather now also threatens crops in another important exporter, Australia.
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Hot dry weather is expected to continue in the fire area.
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Dangerous heat and dry weather continues across much of the West.
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Climate change is only making dry weather drier and wildfires fiercer.
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Windy conditions and low relative humidities are causing the dry weather.
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Dry weather is expected to help the crop recover this year.
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But dry weather gets in the way, The Sacramento Bee reports.
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The weather phenomenon typically brings dry weather to swathes of Asia.
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Dry weather in Australia and Argentina is expected to reduce yields.
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The El Nino weather pattern typically brings dry weather to many regions.
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More hot, dry weather expected in the region until at least Tuesday.
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Dry weather in parts of Russia, however, means that rains are needed.
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The flames were fueled by intense winds and months of dry weather.
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Hot, dry weather also took its toll, forcing many growers to close.
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Parts of Victoria and South Australia are also managing extreme dry weather.
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With ongoing winds and dry weather conditions, the fires were expected to grow.
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"For the short term, this (hot and dry) weather is good," said Gentry.
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Dealers have expressed concerns over prolonged dry weather in washed arabica producer Colombia.
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Dry weather in Spain cut hydroelectric generation by 45.1% versus a year earlier.
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More frequent hot, dry weather is fueling fires in the western United States.
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In another paradox, the mudslides were caused in part by very dry weather.
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Wheat supported by fears over production in Australia and Russia amid sustained dry weather.
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More regular dry weather also has led to fires, which can destroy bird habitats.
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Meanwhile, the harvesting campaign in Russia sped up last week due to dry weather.
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Dry weather tends to holds back pathogens that normally keep the caterpillars in check.
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Canada's Alberta province, another top wheat producer, is also suffering from unusually dry weather.
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Dry weather has played a role in a spate of fires around the city.
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The nursery also researches which species adapt best to climate change and dry weather.
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Sweden has suffered a rash of forest fires, sparked by unusually hot and dry weather.
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Spain – Europe's largest olive oil producer – suffered from particularly dry weather causing a reduced harvest.
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Vettel took the opportunity to dive into the pits to change to dry weather tyres.
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Scorching weather across Europe and prolonged dry weather in France has reduced river water levels.
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It turned out to be a warning to beware of fires because of dry weather.
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Last summer, the country was hit with weeks of unusual heat and unusually dry weather.
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Amid high winds and dry weather, the fires have spread so rapidly that California Gov.
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For those traveling, dry weather holds until late Sunday, when showers sweep through the region.
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Coupled with hot and dry weather conditions, this will potentially cause corn yields to plummet.
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He did add that unusually dry weather, which slows mosquito reproduction, might have played a role.
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Firefighters trying to contain a wildfire burning in southern Wyoming are facing warm and dry weather.
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Arizona declares state of emergency Two wildfires have fed off the hot, dry weather in Arizona.
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Last year's El Nino dry weather pattern has affected production of palm trees in the region.
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In 2018 the forest experienced warm, dry weather that fueled a busier than normal wildfire season.
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Dry weather in Brazil also delayed planting in the top soybean exporter to the fourth quarter.
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Both corn and soybean harvest work should benefit from relatively dry weather forecast for this week.
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Dry weather forced Ukraine to cut the area under wheat, but conditions are better in Russia.
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Catalina reportedly experiences mild, dry weather throughout the year, so it shouldn't deter your travel plans.
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Hot and dry weather has scorched crops amid fears of water shortages in Italy and Serbia.
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Subsoil reserves remain depleted after last summer's drought, leaving wheat vulnerable to damage from dry weather.
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Generally dry weather was expected for the area late Thursday and into Friday afternoon, Jones said.
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The Midwest, however, was expecting warmer than average temperatures and dry weather as Christmas week began.
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The wheat market is supported by fears of production losses in Australia and Russia amid dry weather.
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Hot dry weather will be ongoing across parts of the West where wildfire danger will be elevated.
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The forecast calls for some dry weather in the eastern Midwest next week before more showers arrive.
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The city has seen sporadic power outages, weeks of dry weather and days of very strong winds.
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"Try to keep a consistent temperature and avoid cold, dry weather as best as possible," Shah says.
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Between dry weather, hot showers, and heat-styling, my thick hair has been feeling dry and brittle.
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Complicating firefighting efforts are hot and dry weather, high winds and low resources, according to fire officials.
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But dry weather has hurt yields, raising concerns that feed costs could remain high until early 2017.
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Russia's 2019 grain harvesting started earlier than a year ago because of dry weather in several regions.
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And I couldn't stop staring at these prehistoric English cropmarks drawn out from all the dry weather.
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Mild, mostly dry weather is favoring the development of late-planted corn and soybeans, agricultural meteorologists said.
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Grain markets were also being supported by recent dry weather in Brazil, the world's biggest soybean exporter.
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A few showers may reach the Ohio Valley, while dry weather holds for much of the Northeast.
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Strong winds, dry weather and high temperatures: The fire season is in full swing across the Mediterranean.
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Months of hot, dry weather and strong winds created the perfectly deadly conditions that keep conflagrations roaring.
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The fire, which started on Monday afternoon, has been fed by hot, dry weather and high winds.
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Actually, in Australia, hot and dry weather are very normal, long-lasting forest wildfire also ever happened.
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Farmers in northeastern Germany have complained of damage caused by dry weather to crops such as oilseed rape.
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In some parts of that large municipality, farmers have faced dry weather for around 20 days, he said.
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Its crops wilted under the hottest spring weather since 1881 and unusually dry weather in June and July.
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Coffee futures eased, with robusta supported by prolonged dry weather in Brazil and concerns over drought in Vietnam.
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The rivers had fallen below normal levels in late June following dry weather in south Germany and Switzerland.
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The warm, dry weather that caused the ice to melt also set the stage for wildfires in Greenland.
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If you get that weather pattern, you'll have remarkably hot and dry weather in Western Europe, no question.
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It said clean drinking water was scarce because of a recent spell of extremely dry weather in Lombok.
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"Hot weather, dry weather and more winds are all bullish for prices and negative for production," Mooses said.
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The main worry continues to be related to dry weather and its impact on corn and cane fields.
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Six wildfires were still active in the state, which has endured months of dry weather and little snowfall.
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The cold, dry weather does play a role in winter sniffles, because it can strengthen these virus invaders.
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A brief encounter with colder than average weather is being accompanied by dry weather and lots of sunshine.
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Continued dry weather has forced farmers to buy expensive feed for their livestock, and from increasingly remote locations.
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German crops wilted under the highest May temperatures since 1881 and exceptionally dry weather in June and July.
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Wheat prices have been underpinned by concerns about dry weather in some key producing areas around the world.
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Dry weather was forecast for the West and Southwest, but significant snow accumulations were expected across the northern Rockies.
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High winds and hot, dry weather are forecast for Tuesday as fire crews battle the blaze in steep terrain.
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Dealers were watching forecasts of generally dry weather across key U.S. grain belts, which could help with the harvest.
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But increasingly dry weather and rising temperatures damaged their already limited harvests and weakened their cattle, the women said.
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Unusually warm and dry weather has led to power costs in Norway almost doubling from 2017, NVE has said.
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Supermarket chain Morrisons has begun selling "wonky" flowers that have not developed properly because of the hot, dry weather.
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Panis was called in for a pit stop and put on dry-weather tires at just the right moment.
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"Yosemite National Park is experiencing high fire danger, along with continued hot and dry weather patterns," fire officials said.
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The low river is one of countless signs of dry weather that has settled over much of New England.
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The dry weather conditions prompted the province to issue a fire ban for parks and protected areas on Thursday.
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Palm oil added almost a quarter to its value after dry weather curbed output while soybeans gained 17 percent.
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But German crops wilted under the highest May temperatures since 1881 and exceptionally dry weather in June and July.
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Rodents are a common problem throughout Inner Mongolia's huge and sprawling prairies, and adapt relatively well to dry weather.
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Dealers said concerns that dry weather could curb West African mid-crops this season remained the main supportive factor.
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Dry weather coupled with the strong Santa Ana winds are hampering firefighting efforts and making the blazes more explosive.
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The threat of wildfires remained high in the U.S. Plains due to dry weather, strong winds and parched vegetation.
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Six months of cold dry weather, not to mention constricting boots and scratchy socks, have no doubt caused havoc.
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The environmental minister, Ricardo Salles, tweeted on Wednesday that the fires were caused by dry weather, wind, and heat.
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Some communities have taken to prayer in the hope of ending the dry weather, and the haze it brings.
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Looks like even Mother Nature took the day off, with dry weather across the vast majority of the nation.
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Chia, a flowering plant, is grown for its edible seeds and is known to thrive in hot and dry weather.
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The Australian wheat harvest is a candidate for USDA cuts on Thursday as extremely dry weather has persisted all season.
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Dry weather in parts of Canada, eastern Australia and southern Russia, all major wheat exporters, also gave prices a lift.
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Starting Wednesday, the hot, dry weather that has plagued the state will finally break with the first significant winter storm.
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The outlook for the sector this year could worsen due to persistent dry weather, the association said in the report.
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However, Hoxsie said there is some concern that California's current dry weather could foreshadow conditions in the months to come.
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Dry weather will persist across Australia until at least the end of September, the country's weather bureau said on Thursday.
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The decline is mostly due to smaller plantings in Russia and Ukraine, which have both been hit by dry weather.
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Analysts blamed the choppy day on forecasts for hot and dry weather in the U.S. Midwest in the coming days.
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Livestock farmers will also be impacted as dry weather parched pastures used to feed animals for a second consecutive year.
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The area will experience dry weather for at least the next three months, the country's meteorological bureau forecast on Thursday.
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Hot and dry weather across California and the Northwest will persist today, with a slight break in temperatures arriving Saturday.
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The dry weather prompted the state's fire marshal to ban the sale and use of fireworks in much of Alaska.
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The international charity Oxfam said drinking water was scarce because of a recent spell of extremely dry weather in Lombok.
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The South American grains powerhouse has suffered hot, dry weather for four months that has shriveled soy and corn yields.
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Much of the state is under a National Weather Service "red flag" warning because of dry weather and gusty winds.
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That growth was once driven by retirees seeking sun and dry weather and delivering Republican votes to Phoenix's booming suburbs.
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OXFORD, England — For more than six weeks, Britain has been sweating through an unusually intense period of hot, dry weather.
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Fanned by strong winds amid hot and dry weather, the wildfires have destroyed over 500 hectares of forest so far.
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Older Jamaican storm songs, like the folk tune "Dry Weather Houses," sang of mortal danger in a similarly playful tone.
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The new year starts off today much as the last one ended yesterday, with dry weather and above-normal temperatures.
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In southern Tamil Nadu, reeling from dry weather, a court asked the state government to write off loans to all farmers.
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The hot, dry weather on Australia's northeast coast was in stark contrast to conditions in Sydney, Australia's largest city, on Wednesday.
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Players expressed surprise at how much it dried out in the 24-hour window of dry weather before the first round.
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This is fairly typical of self-driving car ventures, which tend to stick to flat, suburban communities with dry weather conditions.
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Eastern Mato Grosso was hardest hit by dry weather, said Antonio Galvan, head of the state's grain grower association Aprosoja-MT.
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Five months of unusually hot and dry weather following the state's record wet winter ensured a ready supply of combustible vegetation.
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The world's fourth largest wheat exporter is set for its smallest crop in a decade after hot, dry weather parched fields.
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Cocoa futures edged lower in technically driven dealings, and were underpinned by concerns over dry weather in top grower Ivory Coast.
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This year, there are seven dry-weather compounds, as opposed to five previously, with the hypersoft and superhard the new additions.
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A sharp drop had been generally expected because of a big reduction in rapeseed plantings following dry weather in autumn 2018.
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Reliably dry weather and a variety of terrain has made Tucson, newly home to a bike share system, popular with cyclists.
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Palm oil has added almost a quarter to its value after dry weather curbed output while beans are up 17 percent.
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Dimov has previously denied any wrongdoing, blaming the water crisis on dry weather and poor management of the local water facility.
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Dimov has previously denied any wrongdoing, blaming the water crisis on dry weather and poor management of the local water facility.
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The West has been gripped by a high-pressure system that's prevented the current hot, dry weather pattern from moving along.
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Dry weather and thunderstorms are expected in the area over the next few days, which means no respite from the blaze.
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In the center-western region of Daloa, which produces a quarter of Ivory Coast's national output, farmers complained about the dry weather.
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Palm oil output is forecast to recover this year as the dry weather effects of a crop damaging El Nino wear off.
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In 2018, several spells of hot and dry weather, each lasting weeks, contributed to wheat losses of 15% in Germany, they noted.
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U.S. weather firm Maxar said dry weather across the heart of the corn belt was favorable for planting still to be done.
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Dairy group Fonterra said its New Zealand milk production fell 10% in April from the year before as dry weather hit farms.
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Corn, however, was under more pressure as fears about the outlook for crops was brightened by forecasts calling for hot, dry weather.
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Continued hot and dry weather will keep conditions difficult for firefighters across Northern California and the Northwest over the next few days.
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Friday sees a continued chance of rain, although the forecast is for "mainly dry" weather, particularly at the start of the day.
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Bark beetles normally reproduce twice a year but last year were able to reproduce three times due to the hot, dry weather.
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The sell-off hit even as dry weather and hot temperatures stressed corn while it passed through its pollination phase of development.
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Despite relatively dry weather ahead, flooding was expected to persist through the week in Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois.
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Food producers have struggled amid a slump in retail sales as consumers cut back and dry weather hit maize and other produce.
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It's trying to minimize the possibility of forest fires, after weather forecasts predicted high winds and dry weather for fire prone areas.
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"We will need at least five days of dry weather to harden and make it safe again for landing planes," he said.
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The wildfires burning across Sweden during this stretch of hot, dry weather is unprecedented in modern times, according to The Weather Channel.
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Letter To the Editor: Re "Woman's Death in Arizona Casts a Pall on Driverless Car Testing" (front page, March 20): Dry weather.
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But corn fell on Wednesday after forecasts of dry weather in parts of the U.S. Midwest, lifting hopes of improved crop conditions.
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The doctors treating Jinnah's tuberculosis — exacerbated by his heavy smoking — had sent him to mountainous Quetta hoping the dry weather would help.
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But containing the infernos is even harder than usual because of dry weather, which has become more common as the climate changes.
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Dry weather across most of Ukraine has delayed the sowing of winter grain for next year's crop, the nation's weather forecaster said.
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"Ukraine does not need much rain now but there is some dry weather is parts of Russia," said one Singapore-based grains trader.
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Authorities said Saturday that hot, dry weather this weekend could make things harder for crews trying to control the fire north of Durango.
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The Thomas Fire was part of a series of late-season blazes that erupted in Southern California amid particularly hot and dry weather.
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Unusually warm and dry weather coupled with fierce winds have fanned the flames since they first erupted in Ventura County two weeks ago.
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Warm dry weather and strong seasonal winds this week have created a "recipe for explosive fire growth," according to the National Weather Service.
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However, much of the pollution in these cities is due to high winds kicking up dust in hot, dry weather rather than smoke.
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Warm, dry weather across the U.S. Midwest to aid corn crops, which have deteriorated in recent weeks as a result of wet weather.
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"The corn market is finding a floor with concerns over dry weather following planting delays," said Phin Ziebell, agribusiness economist, National Australia Bank.
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Coffee futures held steady, with robusta prices supported by prolonged dry weather in Brazil and concerns over the impact of drought in Vietnam.
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Hair is electrically insulating so it's bad at getting rid of the static electricity that can build up in cold and dry weather.
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The heat and dry weather has caused officials to implement water conservation measures in Rome, including shutting down famous fountains in Vatican City.
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The order to destroy some crops is another blow for European rapeseed growers who had already cut sowings sharply due to dry weather.
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Rainfall has significantly decreased following the El Niño phenomenon that swept the country in 2016, causing drought and dry weather that affected crops.
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"The market continues to watch the Black Sea weather closely where hot and dry weather continues to threaten the new crop," SovEcon said.
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However, the company's revenue fell to 3.15 billion ringgit from 3.2 billion ringgit due to lower yields as a result of dry weather.
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Wheat lost ground although the market was on track for a third weekly gain as dry weather curbs yields in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Exceptionally warm, dry weather has left grain belts parched around the Baltic Sea, including parts of Germany, the EU's second biggest wheat grower.
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Cleansing and Moisturizing While moisturizing seems like an absolute no-brainer, retaining moisture throughout the day can be a challenge in frigid, dry weather.
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Australia's east coast produces the country's high quality wheat, which has been in demand after dry weather in the United States crimped spring crops.
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The fire&aposs spread was slowing but hot, dry weather predicted into the weekend meant the danger wasn&apost over, state fire officials warned.
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The dry weather began in 2012, and Jerry Brown, who was governor of California at the time, declared a state of emergency in 2014.
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Vegetable oil prices jumped 6.3 percent, propelled by surging palm oil prices on prolonged dry weather in Malaysia and Indonesia, the world's main producers.
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However, soybeans were choppy, turning higher at times, on worries about forecasts for hot, dry weather in the U.S. Midwest over the next week.
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Dry weather and high temperatures are also accelerating the soybean cycle, leading some growers to anticipate harvesting even at the risk of lowering yields.
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Some have shed their leaves in defense against the dry weather typical of western Kenya early in the year, while others are lush green.
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Last month Fonterra cut its annual earnings guidance and milk collections forecast, citing extreme dry weather in New Zealand that would hit milk supply.
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In the center-western region Daloa, which produces a quarter of Ivory Coast's national output, farmers said the dry weather had damaged many trees.
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Profits may be tougher for Thomas to eke out this year due to dry weather and soft prices, but he shrugs off the struggle.
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Extremely hot, dry weather is still hampering the efforts of some 5,6073 firefighters, 16 helicopters, a half dozen air tankers and 500 fire engines.
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"These are native Australian animals that are meant to be able to cope with dry weather — this is what they evolved in," said Pyne.
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The main reason for the price increase was severely reduced output due to El Nino-related dry weather conditions, in addition to robust demand.
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Compounding problems Thursday were dry weather and merciless winds, with gusts predicted to reach the strength of a Category 225 hurricane in mountainous areas.
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The country's agriculture ministry on Monday said it had sent a "working group" to areas stricken by dry weather, providing technical support to farmers.
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Then you learn that these alerts land almost daily, and they provide, for instance, a heads-up about how dry weather could cause fires.
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On August 7783th, Brazil's Minister of the Environment Ricardo Salles tweeted that dry weather, wind, and heat caused the fires to spread so widely.
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Global dairy prices rose across almost all products in the second auction of 2020 last week with dry weather likely to lend further support.
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Slash-and-burn clearing by some palm oil growers is often blamed for the fires, which can then spread rapidly, especially during dry weather.
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But crops suffered under dry weather from November to April, stunting growth in southwest Kansas and clipping grain potential in other areas of the state.
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The El Nino, a warming of the Eastern Pacific Ocean waters, brings dry weather across Southeast Asia and lowers palm yields in Indonesia and Malaysia.
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Area growers started back up on Sunday after three days of dry weather, and the forecast looks favorable for continued progress in the coming days.
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An Argentine grain exchange said earlier on Thursday that recent dry weather was propelling wheat planting for the 2019-20 season, which began last week.
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Wheat jumped to its highest since early February with prices underpinned dry weather hurting recently planted crop in Australia, typically the world's fourth-largest exporter.
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But a third of California is still suffering from exceptional drought, including the same region that's seeing the incredibly hot and dry weather this week.
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Dealers said the market remained anxious, however, about the impact of hot, dry weather across the United States, threatening production in several key growing regions.
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Soybeans and corn ticked higher after losing ground last week, as the focus turned to dry weather this week in parts of the U.S. Midwest.
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Showers in parts of the Midwest and Mississippi Delta temporarily eased concerns about the risk for damage to corn and soybeans from hot, dry weather.
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French meteorological services expect very hot and dry weather next week, with a slight risk of a heatwave in the southeastern part of the country.
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The rains have finally come to Southern California after months of bone dry weather and multiple wildfires, but they're not helping the previously parched state.
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Severe dry weather has threatened grain production across Australia's east coast, where GrainCorp derives nearly all its income, slashing revenues from crop storage and export.
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Now, worries are mounting that dry weather in Mato Grosso, the main producer state, and in Goias has damaged the winter crop, prolonging the crisis.
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HAMBURG, Sept 214.3 (Reuters) - Dry weather in some major European Union sugar-producing regions is causing concern as beet harvesting starts, experts said on Friday.
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"Livestock had become so vulnerable to dry weather that we decided to start a new activity," the mother of three told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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The state's emergency management commissioner, Craig Lapsley, said hot temperatures had combined with dry weather, strong winds and a wind change to create dangerous conditions.
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The El Nino weather event brings dry weather across Southeast Asia, denting palm's fruit yields and lowering output in top producing countries Malaysia and Indonesia.
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Farmers said new taxes would pile hardship on a sector already struggling with prohibitive financing costs and dry weather that is threatening this season's crops.
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Farmers said new taxes would pile hardship on a sector already struggling with prohibitive financing costs and dry weather that is threatening this season's crops.
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No immediate improvement is expected as mainly dry weather is forecast in coming days in river catchment areas in south Germany and Switzerland, a trader said.
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Australia's dry weather is also expected to force cattle graziers to cull more animals at near-record levels as pasture wilts, keeping global prices under pressure.
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The government, which says the fires are due to an extraordinary spell of unusually dry weather, has declared three days of public mourning starting on Tuesday.
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I dismissed the symptoms as consequences of the dry weather, until I stepped on a scale and saw how much weight I'd lost: about 21 pounds.
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Across much of India, farmers are struggling to adapt as their crops fail season after season as a result of increasingly unpredictable and often dry weather.
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Russia is starting active harvesting of its 2019 grain crop amid concerns that hot and dry weather could hurt plantings in several regions of the country.
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HAMBURG, April 23 (Reuters) - Cargo vessels cannot navigate much of the Rhine in Germany when fully loaded after dry weather caused a drop in water levels.
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French meteorological services have forecast hot and dry weather across France next week, with a risk of a heatwave in the southeastern parts of the country.
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UPM rival Stora Enso last week missed quarterly profit expectations partly due to wood supply problems stemming from exceptionally hot and dry weather in the Nordics.
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In addition to high winds, the fires have been stoked by an abundance of thick brush left tinder dry by a summer of hot, dry weather.
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Between dry weather, sun exposure, and lack of proper hydration, my lips became extremely dry and chapped to the point where everything I tried wasn't working.
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Mostly dry weather is forecast in river catchment areas in Germany and Switzerland in coming days and little immediate improvement in water levels is in sight.
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The estimate for the 2018/2019 season is 16% less than the 12.510 million tonnes harvested in the 2017/2018 season, after dry weather delayed plantings.
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Officials said they were hoping for heavy rain, but the long-term forecast was not promising, suggesting at least 10 more days of warm, dry weather.
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The massive bushfires in Australia are still spreading as heat, high winds, and dry weather push flames through much of the southeastern part of the country.
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"Looking over February and March, emerging dry weather could put further upward pressure on prices," ASB Bank Senior Rural Economist Nathan Penny said in a note.
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Forecasts called for hot, dry weather and gusty winds across much of the Southwest this coming holiday weekend, posing a lingering fire threat for the region.
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The fires have been burning in multiple locations for the past three days but intensified on Thursday, fueled by unseasonably dry weather and strong easterly winds.
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High pressure shields us from a storm system over the southeast United States, leaving us with a several day stretch of dry weather and light winds.
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The fire didn&apost have much control over the flames, and firefighters have had to deal with hot and dry weather, gusty winds and some inaccessible terrain.
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An El Nino weather event can trigger floods and drought in different parts of the world, and is associated with warmer, dry weather across the Asia Pacific.
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Australia typically exports two-thirds of its wheat but, with dry weather crimping east coast output, demand from domestic millers will supplant major customers such as Indonesia.
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Poland, also a large EU maize grower, has experienced dry weather in recent weeks but is set to rebound from a particularly poor 2015 harvest, analysts said.
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"The problem is the forecast is calling for more dry weather and winds up to 30 miles an hour" on top of the extraordinary heat, he said.
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In particular, climate change means spells of extremely hot, dry weather are becoming more frequent in many regions around the world, increasing the potential for devastating wildfires.
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Dry weather caused by drought, as well as damage to electricity generators, prompted Santos to ask Colombians to cut back on electricity use to avoid power cuts.
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SYDNEY, July 8 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures rose for a fourth consecutive session on Monday as forecasts of a hot, dry weather threatened new crops, supporting prices.
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Last week, grain markets were underpinned by fears that U.S. crops could suffer from prolonged hot and dry weather, and Midwest rains brought some relief on Thursday.
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Prices hit a five-year high of $4.64-3/4 a bushel on Monday on concerns about hot, dry weather, but turned lower on forecasts for rain.
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A repeat of the sloppy track that greeted horses at the Kentucky Derby seems unlikely on Saturday as forecasts are predicting for warm, dry weather in Baltimore.
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An outlook for favourable weather, however, checked gains with forecasts calling for dry weather across key producing regions that will allow U.S. farmers to rapidly advance harvesting.
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Last week, grain markets were underpinned by fears that U.S. corn and soybeans, already weakened by soggy planting conditions, could suffer from prolonged hot and dry weather.
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Higher-quality grain is in demand following a reduced U.S. winter wheat crop and as dry weather cut into yield potential for wheat in Europe and Russia.
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The economy grew by 5.6% in the first quarter, slowing from 6.5% in the same period a year earlier, mainly due to the impact of dry weather.
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The company had warned in September that dry weather conditions and increased gas costs at the Gibson Island fertiliser plant in Queensland would dent its annual performance.
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Elektroprivreda HZHB, which itself operates seven hydro-power plants with a combined capacity of 860 MW, relies on imports to cover demand in increasingly dry weather conditions.
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And climate issues play a big part in the crisis: Water shortages and dry weather have diminished crops and inhibited agricultural efforts, according to The World Bank.
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Australia trimmed its wheat production forecast for the 2019/20 season by nearly 10% on Tuesday, saying prolonged dry weather in some eastern regions had hurt crops.
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Caused by dry weather, residents are forced to clear the weeds for several hours every day, with piles of hairy panic reaching roof height in some places.
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Unseasonably dry weather and high winds most assuredly did not help, but it turns out that many of these wildfires were not quite so wild after all.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Recent dry weather in some of Brazil's important farming states has raised the idea that the world's leading exporter of soybeans might develop planting delays.
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Particularly dry weather in areas like Massachusetts and New York have forced farmers to choose which crops they will water and which will just not survive the season.
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It has previously said joining the CBH proposal was part of its strategy to diversify away from production in Australia's east coast, where dry weather has hurt crops.
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"Dry weather, high winds and the continuing drought is driving the large growth of fires," Dave Martin of the US Forest Service's Southern Region said earlier this week.
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State fire officials say the blaze is 21 percent contained and its spread is slowing, although hot, dry weather through the week means the danger isn&apost over.
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"The recovery from Hurricane Harvey has accelerated over the weekend, with prolonged dry weather helping the decline in flood levels," Goldman Sachs analysts led by Damien Courvalin wrote.
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British Columbia chief fire information officer Kevin Skrepnek said on a conference call that hot, dry weather conditions were forecast into the weekend, with a chance of lightning.
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North Korea's already-low food supply is set to deteriorate this year as dry weather hits crop yields, the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned.
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Although officials have said that dry weather and natural factors are behind the massive fires ravaging Brazil's Amazon rainforest, others are suggesting that humans are likely to blame.
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For all the fires, poor conditions – including dry weather and fierce winds – have contributed to the difficulty of fighting them, according to the National Weather Service in Sacramento.
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Temperatures in parts of France and Germany reached 40 degrees Celsius (104oF), adding to doubts about harvest yields following recent hot, dry weather in top wheat exporter Russia.
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Cocoa dealers said there remained considerable uncertainty over the crop outlook in West Africa, despite recent rains, after a spell of hot, dry weather damaged prospects for production.
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Sweden&aposs Civil Contingencies Agency warned of "a high risk" for wildfires in central and southern Sweden this weekend because of the continuing dry weather and strong winds.
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Favourable conditions in Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy and Spain were compensating for crop stress from hot, dry weather in Germany, Poland, France and the Czech Republic, it said.
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About 3 percent of the corn left outdoors may be damaged, according growers association Aprosoja head Endrigo Dalcin, but the current dry weather reduces the odds of spoiling.
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Dry weather in Australia in the early part of the year was also expected to reduce the volume of cane crushed in 2016 compared with the previous year.
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The bumper U.S. pumpkin crop this year was aided in some regions by dry weather, which hurt corn and soybean crops but aided the large orange-yellow fruit.
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In 2014, a similar spell of dry weather hit Sri Lanka's rice farmers, resulting in a harvest of 3.3 million tons, 17 percent less than the year before.
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"Dry weather during the rapeseed planting period meant rapeseed sowings in Germany were probably cut by at least 200,000 hectares to under 1 million hectares," the analyst said.
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Low prices against a backdrop of plentiful supply had discouraged U.S. farmers from planting wheat, and dry weather is now exacerbating the shortage from North America to Australia.
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While more rain was expected on Thursday it was not expected to be heavy, and the service was forecasting dry weather in most areas by Friday, she added.
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The fall was tied to persistent dry weather and recent haze, which cut productivity, said Anilkumar Bagani, research head of Sunvin Group, a Mumbai-based vegetable oil broker.
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N, the world's biggest farm retailer, reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss as demand for its products was reduced by severe dry weather in Australia and Canada.
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In Denmark, dry weather and heat means the straw harvest is likely to be about half normal years, said Troels Toft, crops director at Danish farming association DAFC.
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But warm, dry weather in northern California has extended this year's mating season there, so residents of the San Francisco Bay Area have been spotting tarantulas this week.
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While our lips are equipped with glands that constantly moisturize, those glands often lose the hydration battle when radiator heat, dry weather, and cold winds come into play.
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Many of the grass fires grew rapidly on Monday due to dry weather and parched prairie land in the Texas Panhandle, north and western Oklahoma and southern Kansas.
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While dry weather stokes fire fears in Colombia's coastal regions, early morning frosts in the Andean country's high altitude areas are laying waste to farm pastures and crops.
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More global demand for corn and wheat could shift to the United States because of hot, dry weather reducing global grain harvests, ADM Chief Executive Juan Luciano said.
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In the summer, this generally means hot and dry weather is likely, and depending on the strength, positioning, and duration of the ridge, conditions can be downright scorching.
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The fire's rapid spread was worsened by steady winds and warm, dry weather that came as the country experienced its worst drought on record, according to government officials.
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An El Niño weather event can trigger both floods and drought in different parts of the world, and is associated with warmer, dry weather across the Asia Pacific.
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Copper fell for a second session on pressure from a stronger dollar while corn prices jumped, underpinned by forecasts of hot-dry weather potentially reducing U.S. crop yields.
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Today (Christmas Day): We have got partly to mostly sunny skies as high pressure provides dry weather here and across the entire eastern two-thirds of the country.
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Months of dry weather gave way in April to three weeks of storms that helped cut the crop to about 35 million tonnes from original estimates of 55 million.
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Regional precipitation is due to a cold front pushing south, according to the weather service, which forecasts dry weather on the Fourth in New England and most Western states.
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With hot, dry weather forecast to persist over at least the next three months, analysts have warned another below average crop in the 2019/2020 season could be seen.
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Brown says the blaze surging through rugged terrain northwest of Sacramento has grown to 230 square miles (2109 square kilometers) amid hot and dry weather expected throughout the day.
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High-quality milling wheat is in demand globally following a reduced U.S. winter crop and as dry weather cut into yield potential for the grain in Europe and Russia.
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Inventories and output in the world's second-largest palm oil producer have been falling since September last year due to dry weather and lower fertiliser application earlier in 2019.
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Inventories and output in the world's second-largest palm oil producer after Indonesia have been falling since September due to dry weather and lower fertiliser application earlier in 21.
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Wheat market prices were weighed down by expectations of dry weather in the U.S. Plains and the Midwest, which will boost harvest of the Hard Red winter wheat crop.
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That let Hamilton to switch to dry weather tyres without losing position and also allowed both Red Bulls and Vettel's Ferrari team mate Kimi Raikkonen to jump the German.
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Dry weather in Australia's spring, which runs from September to November, could curb wheat output in the world's No. 4 wheat exporter, providing some support to depressed wheat prices.
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The outlook for grain production could also be boosted if the dry weather is followed by a La Nina, which is associated with higher rainfall across Australia's east coast.
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High acidity is thought to be caused by dry weather, though exporters said in some cases it was likely due to beans being stored for months in bad conditions.
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Dairy group Fonterra, said its New Zealand milk production fell 10% in April from the year before as dry weather hit farms, sending shares to a record low close.
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Mark Berg, an Illinois farmer who grows pumpkins for Libby's, was hurt by isolated rain in his area but said the industry overall would benefit from the dry weather.
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"Grain markets rose overnight for a fourth session as forecasts show consistent hot, dry weather throughout major growing areas threatening newly planted crops," brokerage Allendale said in a note.
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Search for remains continues After days of rain, all flood warnings and watches have expired in the state, with dry weather expected Saturday, CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam said.
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HAMBURG (Reuters) - Shallow water after recent dry weather continues to prevent cargo vessels from sailing fully loaded on the Rhine and Danube rivers in Germany, traders said on Friday.
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Thought bubble from Axios' Science editor Andrew Freedman: The archaeological find is related to record heat and dry weather across the United Kingdom and Ireland so far this summer.
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"This year we have experienced a longer spell of dry weather and the temperatures have risen significantly, contributing to the disaster," Forest Ministry official Krishna Prasad Acharya told Reuters.
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Rising concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere cause Earth&aposs temperature to rise, which leads to more hot and dry weather, longer droughts, and higher rates of evaporation.
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The dry weather extends a drought that has gripped Australia's east coast for three years and left bushland tinder-box dry as bushfires rage across the most populous states.
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Inventories and output in the world's second-largest palm oil producer have been falling since September last year due to dry weather and lower fertilizer application earlier in 2019.
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The dry weather extends a drought that has gripped Australia's east coast for three years and left bushland tinder-box dry as bushfires rage across the most populous states.
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SovEcon earlier this week downgraded its forecast for Russia's 2019 wheat crop due to dry weather in May and could cut it further if the weather remains dry this month.
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Instead, states from Texas north to Nebraska have been dealing with dust storms and sprawling, fast-moving grass fires as unusually dry weather has taken its toll on the region.
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The fires were about 30 percent contained as of Tuesday, but officials expect them to continue for several days at least, as ongoing dry weather and winds complicate the challenge.
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El Nino is a climate cycle created when warm waters in the Pacific Ocean shift further east than usual, causing storms in the Americas and dry weather in Southeast Asia.
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A strong ongoing El Nino weather phenomenon is causing hot, dry weather in the Asia Pacific, hitting food crops such as palm oil in Southeast Asia and wheat in Australia.
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The April to September mid-crop, hit hard by months of dry weather, was marked by high rejection rates due to acid levels well above norms and small bean size.
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"On the upside, mostly dry weather is expected across the Midwest between 10-19 May, which should help the (planting) pace rebound," Refinitiv Agriculture Research analysts said in a note.
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Zambia's 2019 maize production is expected to fall 16% to about 2 million tonnes from 2.39 million tonnes last year largely due to prolonged dry weather, Katambo said in May.
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Dry weather will persist across Australia until at least the end of September, the country's weather bureau said on Thursday, in a forecast that threatens to further lower wheat production.
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Dry weather across the United States for the next week should allow farmers to rapidly increasing plantings, which have been lean in recent weeks by prolonged wet weather and flooding.
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The hot and dry weather after a rain-soaked spring stokes concern that U.S. corn yields will be smaller-than-expected, though recent adverse weather expected to ease this week.
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The research, published this week, looked at data from about 50,000 meteorological stations around the world, and found tropical and sub-tropical areas were hitting more records for dry weather.
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Very high temperatures across Europe coupled with prolonged dry weather has reduced French nuclear power generation by around 5.2 gigawatts (GW) or 8%, French power grid operator RTE's data showed.
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Very high temperatures across Europe coupled with prolonged dry weather has cut French nuclear power generation by around 5.2 gigawatts (GW) or 8%, French power grid operator RTE's data showed.
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Hot, dry weather across Australia and New Zealand has crimped Fonterra's output so far this year, with increased fodder prices and scant irrigation weighing on the agriculture sector in general.
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Demand for thermal coal, which accounts for about two-thirds of China's total power generation, has also been boosted by dry weather that has reduced power output from hydro plants.
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"The [high-pressure ridge] not only causes hot, dry weather in CA, but also tends to create offshore winds—known as Santa Ana winds—that often fan wildfires," she said.
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HAMBURG (Reuters) - Water levels on the Rhine and Danube in Germany remain low after dry weather and freight vessels cannot sail fully loaded on the rivers, traders said on Friday.
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In that sense, climate change and uncontrolled rainforest blazes are interconnected, since hot, dry weather and decreased rainfall — both tied to climate change — make the Amazon more vulnerable to fires.
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HAMBURG (Reuters) - Shallow water after dry weather in December continues to prevent cargo vessels from sailing fully loaded on the Rhine and Danube rivers in Germany, traders said on Monday.
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But despite a pouring rain, Timo Glock, in fifth position in a Toyota, had decided to stick with dry-weather tires rather than take the time to have them changed.
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A rapidly spreading wildfire in southern California's Cajon Pass has grown in hot, dry weather, threatening at least 2138,20 structures and forcing the hasty evacuation of more than 217,22016 people.
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Last summer's hot and dry weather blighted the European hop harvest while strong demand for increasingly popular craft beers, which need more hops, brought tight supplies and rising hop prices.
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Over the next few months, the possible early emergence of an El Niño-like atmosphere – which can present dry weather to central and northern Brazil – is worth bearing in mind.
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But parts of the country have seen a 90 percent drop in crop production as a result of the dry weather, while food production in eastern Ethiopia has failed entirely.
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A dangerous combination of hot and dry weather, poor water management and rising demand is leaving cities such as Chennai, India, and Harare, Zimbabwe, without water for days on end.
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It now expects "significantly improved" results for its wider grain trading operations in the second half, boosted by dry weather affecting crops in Brazil and Argentina, it said on Tuesday.
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This year's mega crop is down to dry weather and, according to GIF head Mohamed Ali Jandoubi, "physiological conditions" that caused the orange blossoms and fruit to stay on trees.
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Corn and soybeans are facing weekly losses after rallying for the last three weeks with farmers in the United States expected to get a window of dry weather to seed crops.
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Soyoil prices have risen 7 percent since the start of June on reports of dry weather damaging crops in the United States, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Where it stands: Onshore wind is expected to effect the area at the Tick Fire on Saturday afternoon, NWS Los Angeles reports, with continued warm and dry weather across southwest California.
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Mountainous terrain combined with extremely hot, dry weather conditions have hampered efforts by nearly 4,300 firefighters to hack buffer lines through dense vegetation around the perimeter of the blaze, officials said.
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The bureau last week said the east coast will continue to experience dry weather for at least the next three months, offering little relief for farmers struggling to stay in business.
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Steep, rugged terrain, combined with extremely hot, dry weather, is till hampering the efforts of some 5,300 firefighters, 16 helicopters, a half dozen air tankers and more than 500 fire engines.
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GrainCorp said joining the CBH proposal was part of its strategy to diversify away from grain production in Australia's east coast, where dry weather has affected crops and cut into profits.
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Formula One drivers are allowed 13 sets of dry-weather tires over a race weekend and have supersoft, soft and medium to choose from in China, as selected by supplier Pirelli.
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The Frenchman told asset manager Amundi's annual investment forum in Paris how dry weather last year caused water levels to fall in the Rhine river, an important shipping route for commodities.
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HAMBURG (Reuters) - Water levels on the Rhine in Germany have fallen after recent dry weather and cargo vessels cannot sail fully loaded on sections of the river, traders said on Tuesday.
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"We have had near record dry weather across some parts of the country and as a result many will dry plant," said Phin Ziebell, an agribusiness economist at National Australia Bank.
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"Dry weather conditions in the U.S. can threaten the development of corn, soybeans and wheat crops, while dry conditions in Argentina and southern Brazil can impact corn and soybeans," SocGen said.
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La Nina, Spanish for "the girl", prompts a cooling of Pacific Ocean temperatures that brings hot and dry weather to key U.S. growing areas, while much of Asia experiences wetter conditions.
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Wheat output has suffered in recent years from dry weather along the country's east coast, with 2018/19 production hitting a 10-year low despite a good crop in Western Australia.
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The utility has been forced to cut output and halt production at several reactors this summer due to two spells of heatwave and prolonged dry weather that has reduced river levels.
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While this might seem like splitting hairs, periods of unusually persistent dry weather can cause serious problems such as crop damage or water supply shortages in streams or reservoirs, she explained.
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Front-month New York cocoa futures traded on ICE have risen nearly 15 percent since the start of December, mainly on worries over consistently dry weather in Ivory Coast, traders said.
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ABIDJAN, June 24 (Reuters) - Unseasonably dry weather across Ivory Coast's cocoa regions last week could weaken the next main crop if rainfall does not increase in July, farmers said on Monday.
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My skin doesn't need to be moisturized daily, so I typically use this two or three times a week, either after a face mask or on a particularly dry-weather day.
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This week, in the British medical journal The Lancet, scientists published preliminary results of a study that found a link between the Zika outbreak and the exceptionally hot and dry weather.
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Otherwise, the instrument is fully manual, with no electricity but for the few carpenter's lights Mr. Lamenzo has hung to find his way and the humidifiers he deploys in dry weather.
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Farmers in Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions welcomed heavier-than-usual rainfall after weeks of hot and dry weather had threatened the main crop, they told Reuters on Monday.
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More from the Financial Times:Crisp dry weather leaves hop buyers fearing bitter harvestGlobalisation in retreat: capital flows decline since crisisUS-led air strikes blamed for surge in civilian deaths in Raqqa
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Corn and soybeans posted weekly losses after rallying for the last three weeks with farmers in the western corn belt expected to get a window of dry weather to seed crops.
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With some farmers across Australia's east coast unable to sow because of the dry weather, the bureau said production from New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria, will total 8.6 million tonnes.
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The dry weather was expected to persist into next week, but the destructive, gusty winds that have fueled the fires' explosive speed will likely subside, bringing relief to firefighting efforts, Pimlott added.
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London cocoa prices climbed almost 216 percent in 218, recovering from six-year lows, as dry weather in top producer Ivory Coast boosted speculative fund inflows, although supply is now picking up.
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has baselessly blamed non-governmental organizations for starting the fires, while Bolsonaro's environmental minister Ricardo Salles tweeted that natural conditions — "dry weather, wind and heat" — were to blame.
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This week, warm, dry weather, ample vegetation, and strong seasonal Diablo winds that can gust at 70 mph have created the "recipe for explosive fire growth," according to the National Weather Service.
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"Concerns that very hot and dry weather could return to the U.S. Midwest in the next few days have lent some buoyancy to the corn price," Commerzbank said in a market note.
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SovEcon and IKAR, the leading agriculture consultancies in Moscow, on Monday downgraded their forecast for Russia's 2019 wheat crop as they continued to assess the negative impact of June's hot, dry weather.
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In contrast, hot, dry weather this summer, which has hurt some crops in France like maize, has helped vineyards by curbing the mildew that spread during the wet spring, the ministry said.
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Located between the folds of the Tian Shan mountains near the Chinese border, the 150-metre-high by three-kilometre-long dune generates a low-pitched, organ-like rumble in dry weather.
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Australia's bureau of meteorology on Thursday warned hot dry weather could persist to the end of April, with a 70 percent chance the majority of the country will experience above average temperatures.
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The Australian Bureau of Meteorology believes there is a 70 percent chance of an El Nino weather system developing this year, a weather event associated with dry weather across Australian east coast.
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CHICAGO/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hot, dry weather has seen high-protein wheat emerge as the one tight spot in a global grains market swamped with abundant stocks, after four years of bumper harvests.
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HAMBURG/LONDON (Reuters) - Livestock and dairy farmers across northern Europe are paying soaring prices for straw used in food and bedding for cattle, as hot, dry weather across the region reduces crops.
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Since Bangkok's tourist season is at its height from November to February, due to the warm, dry weather during that time, it's important to think about booking your trip well in advance.
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The company shut off power on Wednesday in wide areas of its territory, including much of the Bay Area, to reduce fire hazards posed by gusty winds after months of dry weather.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will have to wait until March for rains heavy enough to bring sustained relief from dry weather that has fueled deadly bushfires, the country's weather bureau said on Thursday.
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Dimov, who faces up to eight years in jail if convicted, has previously denied any wrongdoing and blamed the water crisis on dry weather and poor management of the local water facility.
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Dimov, who faces up to eight years in jail if convicted, has previously denied any wrongdoing and blamed the water crisis on dry weather and poor management of the local water facility.
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Those worries, however, are beginning to ease after the USDA said U.S. winter wheat looked good and rain was forecast for the Black Sea region, which has faced hot and dry weather.
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ATLANTA — Dozens of large wildfires raged on Tuesday in the South, where more than 213,000 acres have burned and where emergency officials faced ominous forecasts of more dry weather and spreading flames.
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GrainCorp shares rose nearly 5 percent in morning trade on expectations the agreement would kick in during the current year on forecasts for extended hot, dry weather across east coast growing areas.
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HAMBURG (Reuters) - Cargo vessels are still being prevented from sailing fully loaded on the Rhine and Danube rivers in Germany because of low water levels after recent dry weather, traders said on Monday.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug 247 (Reuters) - Fierce winds, bone-dry weather and high temperatures are expected on Thursday in northern California, where they could threaten efforts to fight the largest wildfire in state history.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Tuesday cut its forecast for 2017/18 wheat production by nearly 10 percent to an eight-year low, as dry weather cuts yields across the country's largest producing regions.
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Some planters, however, say the effects of the prolonged drought will be only seen in the first half of 2020 as fruit would only bear the dry weather impact 6-12 months later.
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Hot and dry weather will persist across Australia's east coast for at least another three months, the country's weather bureau said on Thursday, in a forecast that threatens to severely crimp agricultural production.
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Brazil's Environmental Minister Ricardo Salles, who last year said that climate change was a "secondary" concern for him, claimed on Twitter that "dry weather, wind and heat" had caused the fires to increase.
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HAMBURG (Reuters) - Low water levels after dry weather over the past month is again preventing cargo vessels from sailing fully loaded on the Rhine and Danube rivers in Germany, traders said on Monday.
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U.S. grain futures rose on Monday after forecasts for hot and dry weather in the U.S. Midwest in the coming days, raising concern that late-planted corn and soybean crops may be stressed.
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Ghana's cocoa purchases fell between October and mid-January compared to last season and it may miss its full-season output target because of dry weather, senior regulatory sources said earlier this month.
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The weather bureau said on Thursday that the west coast faces hot, dry weather over the next three months, which will dent the outlook for wheat production in the world's fourth-largest exporter.
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United Utilities warned in November that an extreme period of hot and dry weather during the summer had caused significant strain on its water resources and network, with reservoir levels running "extremely low".
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Authorities are ordering residents along a Northern California lake to evacuate homes in the path of a growing wildfire amid concerns that hot, windy and dry weather conditions will persist throughout the weekend.
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Dry weather and El Nino conditions are likely to affect southern Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, while the needs of refugees and migrants in Bangladesh and Syria would remain high, it said.
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While some growers could decide to sow later in the hope of a break in the dry weather, late planting would increase the susceptibility of crops to harsh weather further into the season.
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SINGAPORE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's wheat farmers face a double whammy this year as dry weather slashes local production at a time when bloated global inventories are dragging on international prices for the grain.
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Dozens of wildfires are burning across the West, from California to Colorado, with thousands of firefighters toiling away in hot, dry weather, trying to prevent the blazes from burning down homes and businesses.
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Although it shows some signs of weakening, the heat dome may intensify again by early next week, raising the possibility of a prolonged hot and dry weather pattern in an already parched region.
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Meanwhile, sugar prices fresh off three year highs are compelling Brazilian mills to favor production of the sweetener over ethanol, and dry weather since March has unexpectedly shrunk the size of Brazil's cane crop.
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The adverse weather shows little sign of abating, with Australia's weather bureau forecasting a 70 percent chance of an El Nino developing later this year, bringing hot, dry weather across the country's east coast.
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"Dry weather, high winds and the continuing drought is driving the large growth of fires," said Dave Martin, Deputy Director of Operations for Fire and Aviation Management for the US Forest Service's Southern Region.
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You've likely heard all about the fires on the North American West Coast, many of which have been sparked by people and aggravated by the compounding effects of dry weather, winds, and high heat.
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - SovEcon and IKAR, the leading agriculture consultancies in Moscow, on Monday downgraded their forecast for Russia's 2019 wheat crop as they continued to assess the negative impact of June's hot, dry weather.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hot, dry weather will persist across Australia's east coast for at least another three months, the country's weather bureau said on Thursday, in a forecast that threatens to severely crimp agricultural production.
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Dry weather forecasts, which have since begun trending warmer, prompted funds to slash their bearish corn bets to 46,715 contracts in the week ended July 4 from 106,119 in the week prior (reut.rs/2tyd23af).
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Corn prices hit a five-year high of $4.64-3/4 on Monday amid concerns that hot, dry weather could further hamper crops that already endured poor planting conditions due to torrential spring rain.
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Even with expectations for more planted acres, cotton futures CTc2690 surged to more than 93 cents per pound on Tuesday, the highest levels in about four years, on worries dry weather could curb output.
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The hot, dry weather has sparked a string of blazes across Madeira in recent days and fueled an outbreak of hundreds of forest fires on mainland Portugal, which firefighters are still struggling to control.
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Dry weather forecasts across the country thrilled fireworks lovers, although some spots in Michigan have been so rain-starved that pyrotechnic shows were canceled in a handful of communities near Detroit to prevent fires.
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PARIS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Scorching temperatures across Europe coupled with prolonged dry weather has reduced French nuclear power generation by around 2440 gigawatts (GW) or 8%, French power grid operator RTE's data showed on Thursday.
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Thanks to a mix of vitamins, fruits, and vegetable fatty acids, the Be Gentle, Be Kind duo replenishes and restores fragile hair while lending protection against the effects of dry weather and heat damage.
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Dry weather forced graziers to cull cattle in record numbers as dams ran dry and feed stocks wilted, taking the size of Australia's cattle herd to at least a two-decade low last year.
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Over the weekend, the park experienced its hottest day on record with a high of 100 F, and the hot, dry weather is expected to continue, making the fires even more difficult to contain.
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"With both dry weather and unusually heavy rains hitting us in the past year, I've lost over half of my harvest of maize and sorghum," he said, pausing to wipe sweat off his forehead.
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered ministers and regional heads to take anticipative steps to mitigate risks of crop failure and forest fire due to the El Nino dry weather phenomenon this year.
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Palm oil is facing a production squeeze this year due to the ongoing effects of a crop damaging El Nino weather event, which brings hot, dry weather to Southeast Asia and lowers fruit yields.
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"Germany's rapeseed plantings this autumn were reduced by a huge 25 percent on the year largely because of dry weather and maize is one crop being planted as an alternative," one German analyst said.
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The airport said that it waited until September because it needed dry weather to complete the repairs, and the busy summer travel season made July or August an impractical time to close a runway.
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In both cases, however, rains are expected to stop from Wednesday or Thursday and then some 10 days of dry weather should allow mills and coffee producers to resume harvest operations in good conditions.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will set aside an additional A$100 million ($0003 million) to support drought-stricken farmers as continued dry weather threatens business for many growers, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will set aside an additional A$100 million ($0003 million) to support drought-stricken farmers as continued dry weather threatens business for many growers, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday.
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In contrast, hot, dry weather in Spain had lowered yield potential for winter cereals and spring barley, while raising the risk of water restrictions for summer irrigation of crops such as maize, MARS said.
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Unusually warm and dry weather in the Nordics led temperatures to record highs this summer, affecting water levels at the reservoirs that feed Norway and Sweden with hydropower, causing prices to spike as a result.
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PHOENIX (Reuters) - A "suspicious" brush fire broke out in Arizona and spread into California on Wednesday, sparking the evacuation of two recreational vehicle parks, as hot and dry weather complicated efforts to contain the blaze.
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ABIDJAN, April 23 (Reuters) - Below-average rainfall in Ivory Coast last week could affect cocoa production, farmers said on Tuesday, as good soil moisture content mitigated the impact of dry weather in several growing regions.
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While the dry weather will grip just the east coast, the bureau said there is at least a 70% chance that the entire country will record warmer than average temperatures over the next three months.
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Why it matters: Such a shift could mean a boon for solar energy systems, but also a comeback for gas-powered generators in areas bearing the brunt of extreme dry weather exacerbated by climate change.
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Driven by high winds and dry weather, and despite power shutoffs to hundreds of thousands of customers throughout the state in hopes of preventing an ignition, blazes rapidly gained ground and forced thousands to evacuate.
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He also theorized the failure may have been tied to California's five-year drought: The aging spillway could have weakened as it underwent contractions due to the sudden heavy soaking following years of dry weather.
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Hot, dry weather last week in most of top grower Ivory Coast's cocoa regions has raised fears about bean quality and production for the remainder of the main crop, farmers said on Tuesday.
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Hopes the dry weather could produce a vintage with a stronger flavor due to more sugar in grapes are also starting to fade, with some in the industry saying conditions have simply been too hot.
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"The persistent dry weather conditions across the region and poor summer rainfall will further delay the anticipated sugar production recovery during the 2016/17 season, with a particularly adverse impact expected in Swaziland," Illovo said.
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Palm oil output is facing a production squeeze this year due to the ongoing effects of a crop damaging El Nino weather event, which brings hot, dry weather to Southeast Asia and lowers fruit yields.
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With dry weather lingering across Australia, Nufarm cut its earning guidance for the year, forecasting revenues of between A$440-13 million, down from its previous estimate in the range of A$500-530 million.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's west coast is facing hot, dry weather over the next three months, the country's bureau of meteorology said on Thursday, denting the outlook for wheat production in the world's fourth-largest exporter.
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Mae Sai, Thailand (CNN)For the Buddhist monks who keep nightly vigil outside the cave where 12 young boys and their soccer coach remain trapped, the dry weather is a sign their prayers are working.
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The world's largest dairy exporter cut its annual earnings outlook last week as extreme dry weather in New Zealand hit milk supply, and said it would not pay an interim dividend, sending its shares lower.
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The bottom line: The Carr Fire is the 10th-largest and 6th most destructive wildfire in California history, and with continued hot, dry weather in the forecast, it may continue to fester well into September.
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In soybeans, Argentina's 2019/20 soybean harvest is expected at 52 million tonnes, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said on Thursday, citing dry weather as the reason for cutting its previous 54.5 million tonne forecast.
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The utility, a unit of PG&E, cut off electricity to more than 730,000 homes and workplaces in northern California last week in a bid to reduce wildfire risks posed by extremely windy, dry weather.
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Dry weather conditions in large swathes of Zimbabwe, Malawi, Zambia, South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, and Madagascar led to about 22017 million people being unable to afford or resources to acquire food in 22012.
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Australia's west coast wine country has been spared the dry weather, and irrigated vineyards in the east also have a cushion against the kind of steep production shortfalls seen last season in South Africa and Europe.
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The Bureau of Meteorology forecast of more warm, dry weather suggests hopes for a reprieve from what farmers describe as the worst drought they have ever seen are unlikely to be realized before the Australian summer.
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JOHANNESBURG, Jan 15 (Reuters) - South African white maize futures prices hit 11-month highs on Monday as a spell of hot, dry weather raised concerns about plantings and yields over a swathe of the maize belt.
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Bankrupt Californian power producer PG&E cut off electricity to more than 730,000 homes and workplaces in northern California earlier this month to try to reduce the risk of wildfires amid extremely windy and dry weather.
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The share of milling wheat in Ukraine's 2019 wheat harvest is likely to rise to as much as 70% from around 55% in 2018 due to hot and dry weather, analysts and traders said on Monday.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African grain and red meat farmers are bracing for hard times after dry weather conditions and an outbreak of the highly contagious foot and mouth disease suspended meat exports, officials said on Friday.
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HAMBURG (Reuters) - The market is still uncertain about the size of Germany's drought-damaged wheat crop as harvesting spreads northwards to areas which have suffered most from the dry weather, traders and analysts said on Monday.
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The company warned of a severe decline in eastern Australian grain production in fiscal 2019 due to dry weather conditions and said it expected production to be skewed to Victoria and southern New South Wales states.
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On Thursday, with dry weather and powerful winds blowing in from nearby Santa Ana, firefighters battled new fires, with one appearing in Malibu, another emerging near San Diego that destroyed 20 buildings, and another in Murrieta.
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KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (Reuters) - As Western Canada's British Columbia battled 0003 wildfires scattered across the province on Sunday, officials warned that they expect greater devastation with forecasts of more hot, dry weather over the coming week.
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While some of the fires are caused by the dry weather, many have been started through illegal slash burning in palm oil plantations in the region, as farmers clear land each year for the new season.
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Persistent hot and dry weather in most of Ivory Coast's main cocoa regions has damaged trees and could reduce the quality of beans and the size of the mid-crop, farmers said on Monday.
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Some people are genetically predisposed to the condition, Dr. Barkey said, and it is often exacerbated by cold, dry weather and stress, both of which have been in abundance in Flint for the last six months.
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"This is a dry weather story ... and not great news for the trade," said Allendale Inc chief strategist Rich Nelson, regarding USDA's placement result that was near the high end of the range of analysts' forecasts.
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FARGO, N.D. (Reuters) - Hot and dry weather during the growing season slashed yield prospects for U.S. hard red spring wheat to the lowest in nearly a decade, scouts on an annual crop tour said on Thursday.
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There are certain elements that are common to the narrative of deadly wildfires: hot and dry weather, overgrown forests and a rushed evacuation, which may be a result of the fire's ferocity, poor planning or both.
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In major exporter Lithuania, the harvest could fall to 3.1-3.2 million tonnes from 3.8 million last year after reduced sowings and dry weather, estimates Dainius Pilkauskas, Baltic states grain trading director at AB Linas Agro.
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PG&E had imposed a string of planned power outages of unprecedented scale to reduce wildfire risks posed by extremely windy, dry weather that left more than 730,000 homes and workplaces in northern California without power.
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In the centre-western region of Daloa and the central regions of Bongouanou and Yamoussoukro, where rains were below average, farmers said the hot and dry weather was weakening the trees as leaves were turning yellow.
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Critics said his tweets ignored the greater wildfire frequency and severity experienced in California and other Western states from extreme drought and sustained periods of hot, dry weather, in keeping with the forecasts of climate scientists.
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SYDNEY, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Australia will set aside an additional A$100 million ($68 million) to support drought-stricken farmers as continued dry weather threatens business for many growers, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday.
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France, the EU's top wheat grower, is expected to play its part in the reduced European supply after torrential rain hurt crops earlier in the year, although recent hot, dry weather may have boosted grain quality.
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On Thursday, the Bureau of Meteorology forecast more warm, dry weather across large parts of Australia for the next three months, and raised the possibility of an El Niño weather event developing during the Southern Hemisphere's spring.
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"The next three months are expected to be dry in much of Australia and people have started to reduce estimates for production in the Black Sea region due to the dry weather," said one Singapore-based trader.
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Milk supply in New Zealand has been hit by dry weather since the start of 2019, prompting Fonterra Co-Operative to cut its forecast milk collections in New Zealand to 1,530 million kgMS from 1,550 million kgMS.
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HAMBURG (Reuters) - Low water levels after recent dry weather continue to prevent cargo vessels from sailing fully loaded on the Rhine and Danube rivers in Germany, the Association of German Inland Waterways Vessel Operators said on Monday.
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"In France crops are not doing very well, mainly in the western part of the country, because of the dry weather over the past two months as well as difficult sowing conditions," Fayaud at Strategie Grains said.
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Bunge Ltd Chief Executive Officer Soren Schroder told analysts on Thursday that dry weather in Brazil could reduce the winter corn crop there by 5 million to 10 million tonnes, resulting in a similar drop to exports.
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"As of now, we haven't seen a large price reaction to hot and dry weather, because we have had such significant surplus stocks in India and Thailand," said James Feel, an economist at the International Grains Council.
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ABIDJAN, May 13 (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's cocoa mid-crop could be reduced in quality and length if abundant rain fails to arrive this month, farmers said on Monday, as cocoa regions continue to experience atypically dry weather.
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This compared to a Reuters survey forecasting January end-stocks to tumble around 12% to 1.76 million tonnes, their lowest since June 2017, as dry weather and lower fertiliser usage in Malaysia early last year curbed yields.
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But in the centre-western region of Daloa, and in the central regions of Bongouanou and Yamoussoukro, farmers said they did not expect crops to yield many large and high-quality beans due to the dry weather.
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ABIDJAN, Feb 10 (Reuters) - There was no rainfall last week in most of Ivory Coasts cocoa-growing regions, extending a spell of hot, dry weather that could weaken the looming mid-crop harvest, farmers said on Monday.
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For corn, threats to production remain as forecasts indicated very hot and dry weather could return to the U.S. Midwest in the weeks ahead, particularly in parts of producing states Illinois and Indiana, Commodity Weather Group said.
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Very hot and dry weather could return to the U.S. Midwest in the next two weeks, particularly in parts of major producing states Illinois, Iowa and Indiana, according to a report by Commodity Weather Group on Wednesday.
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Brazil was forecast earlier in 2016 to harvest a record 58 million tonnes of winter corn that's currently being harvested, but dry weather has reduced output to just under 50 million, down from 54 million last year.
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Argentina's soybean crop is in mostly good condition with recent hot, dry weather helping to stabilize flooded areas, keeping the country on track for a 53-million-tonne harvest, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said on Thursday.
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Dry weather in Spain and Brazil led to a 25.2% drop in hydroelectric power generation, but that was offset by higher output from offshore wind and electricity networks in Brazil, the United States and the United Kingdom.
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That's because hot, dry weather creates conditions that are ripe for wildfire—and this, coupled with human activity, is turning peat bogs everywhere into "fuel-packed fire hazards," according to researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
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It also played down industry concerns about dry weather in Russia's export-focused southern regions, which mainly produce winter wheat, saying they were doing relatively well despite some issues in parts of the Krasnodar and Stavropol regions.
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While firefighters have recently made gains in containing California's wildfires, continued hot and dry weather is expected to lead to more dangerous fire weather conditions through October, which is typically the busiest part of the season there.
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ABIDJAN, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Farmers in Ivory Coast's cocoa regions said on Monday more rain was needed to boost the April-to-September mid-crop following hot, dry weather last week and only patchy rainfall before that.
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But, while the boreal forest in western North America is expected to be under an increasing amount of strain—hot, dry weather creates conditions ripe for forest fires—the picture in the east is a bit different.
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ABIDJAN, May 6 (Reuters) - Rainfall increased over most of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions last week, farmers said on Monday, raising hopes for a recovery in growth after the mid-crop suffered from atypically dry weather last month.
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Not only have Brazil's corn and soybean outlooks swelled beyond what any analyst had originally predicted, Argentine soybean harvest estimates have done an about-face and are rising again after earlier concerns over both wet and dry weather.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Chicago soybeans rallied for a second session on Tuesday to a one-week high as forecasts of dry weather in the U.S. crop belt next month and strong demand from top importer China buoyed the market.
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As in many parts of the world, Tasmania's normal rainfall patterns are being disrupted by the largest El Niño event on record, which kept spring rains at bay and brought hot, dry weather to the state this summer.
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In Europe, a heatwave this week that has seen temperatures reach 40 degrees Celsius (104oF) in parts of France and Germany has added to doubts about harvest yields following recent hot, dry weather in top wheat exporter Russia.
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Tsegaye Ketema, head of developmental meteorology at Ethiopia's National Meteorological Agency, said that "with millions of Ethiopians in need of food aid due to very dry weather, access to reliable climate information can literally be a life saver".
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It will still be a large crop compared with the average of the last five years but traders have said there was pressure for some form of grain export restraint from regions hit by dry weather in August.
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Montana and Wyoming feedlots face similar high feed costs due to dry weather as Canada, so more cattle may end up further south in Texas, Kansas and Nebraska, said John Ginzel, analyst at The Linn Group in Chicago.
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With the combination of strong winds and dry weather, firefighters faced at least one new fire Thursday morning in Malibu, and in San Diego, a brush fire led firefighters to call in aircraft to help fight the flames.
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The company cut its full-year forecast for earnings per share from continuing operations to between $4.65 and $4.80, from its previous estimate of $4.75 to $5.25, on expectations of dry weather in Australia and parts of Brazil.
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The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics said in end-June the economy grew 13% year-on-year in the first quarter from 6.5% in the same quarter last year, due to dry weather which curbed the farming sector.
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However, a review of 57 scientific studies by a team of British academics concluded that global warming is leading to an increase in hot, dry weather around the world that creates the conditions for wildfires to take hold.
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PG&E, which filed for bankruptcy in January after last year's North Bay and Camp Fires, cut off power for hundreds of thousands of Bay Area residents, citing the fire risks associated with high winds and dry weather.
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California, which for weeks battled massive fires as dry weather turned much of the state into a tinderbox, will see 5003 to 4 inches of rain across the state as a winter storm descends on the West Coast.
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Even more wildfires have ignited in California this week, amid high winds and dry weather, despite massive ongoing firefighting efforts and power shutoffs to hundreds of thousands of customers throughout the state in hopes of preventing an ignition.
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But the right-wing One American News Network has been running a segment all morning claiming that "Experts say these disastrous fires can continue in places like California due to the state's dry weather and forest management." pic.twitter.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Hot, dry weather over the past two months has damaged European Union maize (corn) crops and this year's harvest is now expected to be almost as bad as in 26.6 when production was also hit by drought.
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The trade consensus for this year's harvest in France is about 12.5 million tonnes, which would be the lowest since 2003, although some warn further dry weather forecast in the coming week could make the final result even worse.
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SYDNEY, June 19 (Reuters) - Australia on Tuesday raised its forecast for beef exports in 2018/9.373 by more than 4 percent after dry weather wilted pastures in the country's east, forcing farmers to slaughter cows in near record volumes.
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SYDNEY, July 15 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures rose 1% to hit a five-year high on Monday as forecasts for hot, dry weather across a major producing region stoked fears that crops already in poor condition could be damaged.
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The water utility expects to invest an additional 80 million pounds ($104.7 million) during the current financial year to safeguard continuity of supplies to customers and protect its water resources after Britain's spell of extreme hot and dry weather.
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Dry weather and strong heat in some of Ivory Coast's main cocoa growing regions are raising concerns about the size and quality of the upcoming cocoa mid-crop, farmers said on Monday, following forecasts for record production.
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"We have trimmed our wheat forecast by a million tonnes to 23.5 million on reduced plantings and there is plenty of scope to bring that number down even more if the dry weather continues," commodity analyst James Maxwell said.
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SYDNEY, July 11 (Reuters) - Hot, dry weather will persist across Australia's east coast until at least October, the country's weather bureau said on Thursday, signalling no relief for drought-hit farmers in one of the world's largest agricultural producers.
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The fires and pollution were particularly bad last year because of dry weather caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon with smoke blanketing neighboring Singapore and Malaysia for weeks and drifting as far north as the Thai capital, Bangkok.
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The benchmark palm oil price has fallen from around 3,100 ringgit at the start of 2017 to around 2,509 ringgit at present due to rising output as the crop damaging effects of a dry weather El Nino wear off.
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Dry weather and lower fertilizer use - a move adopted by some growers to save costs - have affected output this year at top producers Indonesia and Malaysia, and will continue to be a factor in the coming years, Fry said.
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Dry weather and lower fertiliser use - a move adopted by some growers to save costs - have affected output this year at top producers Indonesia and Malaysia, and will continue to be a factor in the coming years, Fry said.
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The Chinese Meteorological Observatory warned that dry weather, strong winds and high temperatures would persist, and it urged people to exercise particular caution during the annual holiday of Qingming, known as Tomb Sweeping Day, which falls this coming Friday.
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Because of expanding zones of hot and dry weather, the Ottoman Empire began to decline, the Ming dynasty collapsed and the Jamestown colony in Virginia was abandoned, suggesting, Dr. Trouet said, they were in part at least, climate-related.
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Support also came from fears of production losses in Australia, Ukraine and Canada caused by dry weather, traders said, while markets watched how the winter wheat crop in the southern U.S. Plains and Midwest coped with recent wet weather.
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian firefighters used cooler conditions on Christmas Day to try and contain bushfires ahead of hot, dry weather later in the week, as leaders and communities thanked them for sacrificing time with their families over the holidays.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - GrainCorp Ltd, Australia's largest listed bulk grain handler, has signed a 10-year deal with insurance broker Aon Plc to boost its earnings during times of severe drought, after taking a profit hit from prolonged dry weather.
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Arnold told reporters that while the last few days have seen favorable conditions for battling the blazes, communities in part of the state were still under threat as expected hot and dry weather on Sunday could see bushfires escalate again.
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Consultancy Strategie Grains plans to downgrade its grain maize harvest forecast in its monthly report next week due to take account of dry weather damage in large producing countries such as France, Romania, Bulgaria and Poland, analyst Benoit Fayaud told Reuters.
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Fires are a concern for Alaskans every year, but warm dry weather patterns caused heavy smoke and cloud from the Swan Lake Fire to affect the Anchorage area and Kenai Peninsula this week, according to the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center.
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The Mineracao Rio do Norte (MRN) bauxite mine, where Hydro has five percent ownership and takes a total of 45 percent of the material, is experiencing problems with its tailing systems due to a water shortage caused by dry weather.
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Between the lines: The fire now measures well over 100,000 acres in size and has been fueled by a combination of unusually dry weather and powerful, desiccating Santa Ana winds, at times blowing at hurricane force (75 miles per hour).
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Extreme hot and dry weather ignited the two lethal fires in June and October, which led to the resignation of the interior minister and the introduction of far-reaching measures to tackle the blazes that ravage the abandoned interior every summer.
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SINGAPORE, May 9 (Reuters) - Chicago corn slid 1 percent on Thursday, falling for a second session as forecasts for dry weather next week in parts of the U.S. Midwest boosted hopes that farmers will be able to catch up on planting.
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DENVER (Reuters) - Gusting winds and stubborn hot, dry weather in southwestern Colorado helped stoke a largely uncontrolled wildfire that grew by nearly a third to more than 22,7303 acres (8,900 hectares) on Monday, with more than 2,22 homes under evacuation order.
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The most active CBOT corn futures fell 0.35% to $4.29-1/2 a bushel, erasing some of the prior session's gains, as dealers continued to focus on the extent to which further hot, dry weather could threaten U.S. corn yields.
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Image 2 of 2 BERLIN – Authorities in Scandinavia warned of high winds on Friday amid storms that followed a long spell of hot, dry weather, while Germany&aposs national railway worked to reopen routes closed the previous night due to storms.
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The power utility uses water from the river to cool the two reactors at the plant, but French meteorological services have forecast hot and dry weather next week, with a risk of a heatwave in the southeastern parts of the country.
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KIEV (Reuters) - Unusually hot and dry weather across almost all Ukrainian regions has not yet damaged grain crops but there is no reason to expect a bumper harvest of early spring grains this year, a senior weather forecaster said on Thursday.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. farmers are cheering a bumper crop of pumpkins this year, due to dry weather, and celebrating a year-round boost in demand aided by new avenues of growth in such products as flavored coffee and pet food.
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The hot, dry weather is a major factor behind forest fires that have killed dozens of people in Portugal, while the Russian news agency Tass reported scores of forest fires, mostly in Siberia and the far east region of Irkutsk.
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The dry weather caused by the El Nino phenomenon in 2015 saw one of the worst outbreaks of haze in years, with smoke blanketing neighboring Singapore and Malaysia for weeks and drifting as far north as the Thai capital, Bangkok.
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SYDNEY, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Hot, dry weather is expected to hit Australia's largest cattle producing region over the next three months, potentially curbing the beef industry's recovery from multi-year drought in the world's No.4 exporter of the meat.
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"Low or no fertiliser application in the first half of 21 plus dry weather... and the lower planting of new areas will combine to give us production growth of just 24.1430 million tonnes," he said, referring to output in Indonesia.
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However, spillover support from corn was offset by a rise in the USDA's global supply outlook for wheat, partly due to it only making moderate cuts to expected output in Argentina and Australia, which have been affected by dry weather.
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It's a troubling trend that's hitting home in many parts of the world, like western Canada, which has seen hot and dry weather contribute to some extraordinarily destructive wildfires this year: In May, wildfire levelled the oiltown of Fort McMurray, Alberta.
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READ: The Arctic is on fire and you can see it from space Large wildfires are an annual occurrence in sparsely populated northern Russia, but this year strong winds and dry weather conditions have seen the fires threaten populated areas.
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And so Pratap Singh, 65, in the Kidhari village, also in the Mahoba district, had not been alerted when, after months of dry weather, rain suddenly arrived in October, soaking the small harvest of wheat he had laid out to dry.
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A wave of hot, dry weather since November has cut 40 percent off overall grains production in the world's No. 3 corn and soy exporter and will knock off an estimated 0.7 percent from Argentina's gross domestic product this year.
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SYDNEY, June 13 (Reuters) - Dry weather will persist across Australia until at least the end of September, the country's weather bureau said on Thursday, in a forecast that threatens to further lower wheat production in the world's No. 4 exporter.
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Despite the cold, dry weather, the nitrogen in the animals' waste provides nutrients that are otherwise unavailable in this stark setting, said Stef Bokhorst, the paper's lead author and a polar ecologist with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
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"We know, as a matter of fire science, that high winds and dry weather are some of the most dangerous conditions," said John Fiske, a lawyer representing residents, cities, and counties against PG&E in multiple wildfires, including the Camp Fire.
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"With this dry weather even a small rainfall is good for the flowers and cherelles' growth," said Herve Anani, who farms in the eastern region of Abengourou, which received 1.8 mm last week, 1.2 mm below the five-year average.
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This year the outlook is uncertain as, according to analysts, sugarcane crushing in the center-south of Brazil, the world's largest cane belt, is expected to fall to its lowest in four harvests due to aging fields and dry weather.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Drought conditions in the northern U.S. Plains that have propelled spring wheat prices to a three-year high worsened in the past week and there are forecasts for more hot and dry weather that could crimp the harvest.
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Unusually dry weather is making Argentine farmers nervous as they wait for October rains to revive parched corn crops, adding to uncertainty around next month's presidential election that could see business-friendly incumbent Mauricio Macri lose power.
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"We are seeing some wheat selling pressure today after its strong rises in the past few days after concern about cold and dry weather in the southern U.S. Plains," said Stefan Vogel, head of agricultural commodity markets research at Rabobank.
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Recent dry weather across the east coast has eased some of the quality concerns, and many growers are expected to harvest as soon as possible, despite the potential to improve the crop by leaving it in the ground for longer.
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KUALA LUMPUR/MUMBAI, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Benchmark palm oil prices may rise to 2,500 ringgit a tonne by March 2020, according to forecasts by industry analyst Dorab Mistry, as dry weather across Southeast Asia limits output of the edible oil.
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The dairy firm in late December had cut its New Zealand milk collection forecast for the 2017/2018 season to 1,480 million kilograms of milk solids (kgMS), down from its forecast in November of 1,525 million kgMS, citing dry weather.
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In Asia, warmer-than-normal and dry weather is forecast to largely continue in Japan and South Korea for the next ten days, while China were also experience higher-than-normal temperatures, which could depress demand for gas for heating.
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"In light of the size and scope of the fire, coupled with additional risks posed by dry weather conditions, I have declared a State of Emergency to direct additional state resources and assets to support local response and recovery efforts," Ducey said.
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By getting up in the air during dry weather, archaeologists can use crop marks to identify the patterns of buried ditches or walls that once defined settlements, field boundaries or funerary monuments, explains Helen Winton, Historic England's aerial investigation and mapping manager.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil inventories likely tumbled to its lowest since June 2977, as dry weather and lower fertilizer usage in the second largest palm producer early last year suppressed output to near four-year lows, a Reuters surveyed showed.
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Palm oil prices on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives exchange are currently trading around 22017,600 ringgit ($644) per metric ton, up 10 percent from June as crop yields were slashed by the unusually dry weather caused by El Nino from January to April.
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LONDON, Feb 2000 (Reuters) - White sugar futures rose to a 27-20.4/21 month high on Monday as the market extended the prior session's sharp advance, buoyed by recent strength in crude oil and concerns about dry weather in top exporter Brazil.
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PARIS, July 23 (Reuters) - French utility EDF will cut output at the two reactors at its St. Alban nuclear power plant from Tuesday evening due to scorching temperatures and dry weather which have limited its use of river water to cool the reactors.
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The Philippines' industrial production is expected to grow just 1.5 percent in December on-year, down from November's 7.5 percent on-year gain, as dry weather conditions hit crop output and leads food manufacturing to weigh on broader production numbers, Moody's said.
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But the outlook has been hit by months of dry weather, that left 2.7 million people in need of food aid, and a drop in annual private sector credit growth to 4 percent in February from 17 percent at the end of 3.153.
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In the coming days, the mostly dry weather will help to increase sugar content in cane and favor after-harvesting processing of coffee, and aid producers of winter corn to speed up harvesting in states such as Mato Grosso, Goias and Parana.
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Dry weather and lower fertiliser use - a move adopted by some growers to save costs - have affected output this year at top producers Indonesia and Malaysia, and will continue to be a factor in the coming years, Fry said at an industry conference.
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More records for both wet and dry weather are being set around the globe, often with disastrous consequences for the people facing such extremes, according to a study published Wednesday that offered new evidence of climate change's impacts in the here and now.
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SAN FRANCISCO — A deliberate power outage that spanned large parts of Northern California on Wednesday sent hundreds of thousands of people scrambling for gasoline and other essentials as strong, gusty winds and months of dry weather put the state on alert for wildfires.
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Following the devastation of 2015, which occurred amid a strong El Niño that brought hot, dry weather to Indonesia, the government instituted reforms, including a stricter moratorium against forest clearing and a program to restore drained peatlands, which are highly susceptible to burning.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Co (PG&E) has imposed unprecedented shutoffs that left more than 245,22.5 homes and workplaces without power on the second day of planned outages, as gale-force winds and dry weather posed a critical fire threat in northern California.
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Heavy fire activity was expected to continue through September in much of the West, and through October in parts of the northern Rocky Mountains and California, the National Interagency Fire Center said, citing hot and dry weather conditions as the primary cause.
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The latest season of "The Grand Tour" sees the hosts Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May not only discuss climate change as they attempt to sail across Vietnam&aposs Mekong River during dry weather conditions but also opt to cycle instead of drive.
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Falling stockpiles and tighter production due to dry weather and lower fertiliser usage by top producers Indonesia and Malaysia in early 2019 have boosted palm prices by over 45% since Oct 2019 to hover above 3,050 ringgit, its highest in three years.
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Dry weather and lower fertilizer use - a move adopted by some growers to save costs - have affected output this year at top producers Indonesia and Malaysia, and will continue to be a factor in the coming years, Fry said at an industry conference.
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An environmental restoration like the one in the Everglades has four main components: the quality of the water; the amount of it; the way it is distributed; and the timing of its arrival during the annual cycles of wet and dry weather.
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"We know, as a matter of fire science, that high winds and dry weather are some of the most dangerous conditions," said John Fiske, a lawyer representing residents, cities, and counties against PG&E in the Butte fire, NorCal fires, and now the Camp Fire.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia had its driest September on record last month, and though spring rains are forecast this week across parts of the continent's east that has seen the worst drought in years, the season is predicted to offer little relief from the dry weather.
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Palm oil futures were already on a tear, with Malaysian crude palm oil futures rallying 15 percent this year alone to around MYR2,880 a metric ton due to the El Nino weather phenomenon hitting yields earlier this year as the dry weather hurt crops.
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"The (Russian) market is not impressed with hot and dry weather in the Black Sea, some traders say that demand for Russian wheat remains sluggish compared to the previous year as many buyers still hope to see lower prices reflecting good crop," SovEcon said.
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PARIS (Reuters) - Warm, dry weather in the European Union has boosted wheat crops after a damp, chilly start to spring, but dryness is now a risk in some zones as wheat enters a key month for determining yields before the summer harvest, analysts said.
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Rescue workers, soldiers and volunteers in helicopters, jeeps and rubber boats and on foot frantically searched for the missing teenager as night fell in Wadi Tzafit, a popular hiking destination in dry weather that can become a death trap with little warning in a rainstorm.
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SUGAR * May white sugar was down $1.20, or 0.3 percent, at $356.60 a tonne at 1243 GMT, easing back from the previous day's peak of $359.40 that was fuelled by a 2019 high for crude oil and background concern over dry weather in Brazil.
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The dry weather there and the hard, concrete-like material of the temple, located in a prehistoric settlement called Huaca Prieta, preserved the fabrics exceptionally well, said Jeffrey Splitstoser, an assistant research professor of anthropology at George Washington University and an author of the paper.
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Palle Borgstrom, a dairy farmer who lives north of Gothenburg, said dry weather since early May and higher temperatures since then had stunted the growth of silage to feed cattle for the winter, meaning that some farmers would have to slaughter more livestock than usual.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Electricity was shut off to nearly 20173,22017 California homes and workplaces on Wednesday as Pacific Gas and Electric Co (PG&E) imposed a string of planned power outages of unprecedented scale to reduce wildfire risks posed by extremely windy, dry weather.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Electricity was shut off to nearly 20173,22017 California homes and workplaces on Wednesday as Pacific Gas and Electric Co (PG&E) imposed a string of planned power outages of unprecedented scale to reduce wildfire risks posed by extremely windy, dry weather.
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While the dry weather would reduce production of some commodities, ABARES said the drought would increase output of beef as graziers are forced to cull livestock as they are unable to feed and water their livestock when pasture wilts and dams run out of water.
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's corn crop will suffer yield losses due to drought this year and the estimated planting area may drop further because dry weather in the northern part of the country has blocked late-season planting, a top Agriculture Ministry official said.
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Cash is critical in the short-term for farmers suffering from dry weather because "if your farm is lacking rainfall, it doesn't matter if you have a variety of agricultural inputs or practices," said Meredith Niles of the University of Vermont, a lead author of the study.
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Though the ignition sources for each fire ranges from lightning to accidental and purposeful human actions (arson), scientists have repeatedly said that unusually hot, dry weather traced in part to long-term, human-caused climate change is allowing the wildfires to grow into historic and devastating events.
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Chad Morrison, the province's wildfire manager, said this stunted the fire's growth to less than the 200,000 hectares that had expected over the weekend — it remains at an estimated 160,000 hectares — but that any dry weather conditions over the next couple of weeks could exacerbate it again.
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BANGKOK, March 22014 (Reuters) - Drought is expected to cut Thailand's economic growth by 212.1-2167 percentage points this year and the impact will be more severe if the dry weather drags on longer than mid-year, according to the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce.
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Benchmark soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade are up 14 percent this year-to-date to 1,009 U.S. cents a bushel and there may be further upside if the dry weather doesn't improve in the next few months, said Ariel Haendler, senior trader at Nidera Group.
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CONSUMER INFLATION PICKS UP Friday's data also showed China's consumer inflation picked up to a 17-month high in July, mainly driven by a jump in prices of pork and other proteins due to a prolonged outbreak of African swine fever, and dry weather in fruit-growing regions.
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Track severe weather across the country Mudslide threat in California California, which for weeks battled massive fires as dry weather turned much of the state into a tinderbox, will see 2 to 4 inches of rain across the state as a winter storm descends on the West Coast.
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Searchers will have a few more days of dry weather, but starting late Tuesday, another 2-5 inches (5 to 13 cm) of rain is expected to drop on the Sierra Nevada foothills through next Sunday, hampering the searchers work and renewing fears of flash floods and mudslides, forecasters said.
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California Gov Jerry Brown, scientists, and firefighters have said extreme hot, dry weather over years has made the state ripe for wildfires; in response, experts have said the state will need to change how and where homes are built in fire-prone areas, improve evacuation plans, and also do more forest management.
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Traders say the market is not focused on the predicted change in the weather pattern, particularly since the shift to a La Nina, which leads to a cooling of Pacific Ocean temperatures that may bring hot and dry weather to key U.S. growing areas, may even happen too late to affect crop development.
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Still, the bet, based on the El Nino weather pattern, is straightforward: the price of the key chocolate ingredient will rise as extremely dry weather in Ivory Coast, the world's top grower, roils crops, while the warmer-than-average U.S. winter will lead to a bumper build in inventory and lower natgas prices.
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While climate change has been listed a factor for extremely dry weather and unruly forest fires in western Canada, Alberta wildfire investigators have said the Fort McMurray fires, also known as "The Beast," were likely caused by "human activity" and police have put a call out to people asking for any information.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Palm oil demand is seen rising on a widening price differential with its rival oilseed soy, spurred by dry weather in the United States, prompting buyers to switch to the cheaper tropical oil, as key purchasing market China replenishes its palm oil port stocks, which have slid to seven-month lows.
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You can see how this wave of tree deaths has spread since 2014 through private, state, and national forests in California in this GIF: And if high temperatures and dry weather — the weather conditions that ramped up fire risk in 2018 — recur this year, the state could face an even larger forest fire than any seen before.
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"The melt area has also been a lot bigger when the warm air mass from Europe arrived, but it has been a long period of warm and dry weather since May and following a dry winter so it's a little extra push rather than the main cause of the very high ice loss we've observed," she added.
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After reaching multimonth highs at the start of May amid concern about dry weather in the U.S. Plains and other major wheat-producing regions worldwide, Chicago prices have been dampened by the government's bigger-than-anticipated forecast of this year's U.S. wheat crop on May 10 and the return of rain to parts of the U.S. Plains.
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Rather than even attempt to justify his approach, Trump simply counterpunches to offer the theory that wildfires are caused not by hot dry weather but by a paucity of rakes: Josh, you go to other places where they have denser trees — it's more dense, where the trees are more flammable — they don't have forest fires like this, because they maintain.
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Windy, dry weather forecast in U.S. West, threatens to stoke wildfires Athletics - IAAF World ParaAthletics Championships - London, Britain - July 17, 2017 Ntando Mahlangu of South Africa falls during a heat of the men's 100 metre T42 Action Images via Reuters/Henry Browne The U.S. housing sector has seen prices, sales and financing applications soar lately as more buyers entered the market for the first time.
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