Reading Time: < 1 minute Hurricane Milton caused an estimated $1.5 billion to $2.5 billion (C$2.1 billion to $3.4 billion) in damage to Florida's crops and agricultural infrastructure, according to a preliminary assessment released by the state's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on Thursday.
Hurricane Milton caused $1.5-$2.5 billion in losses to Florida agriculture
Mosaic expects Florida fertilizer facilities to return to full production soon
Reading Time: < 1 minute Fertilizer maker Mosaic Co said on Monday that its Florida facilities are expected to return to full production capacity over the coming days after being idled due to Hurricane Milton.
Mosaic says fertilizer waste facility’s water entered Tampa Bay after Hurricane Milton
Industrial byproduct phosphogypsum is known to emit cancer-causing radioactive gas
Reading Time: < 1 minute Mosaic Co said on Friday that water supporting the chemical company's storage of a waste byproduct from fertilizer manufacturing in Florida probably made its way into Tampa Bay following a downpour from Hurricane Milton.
Florida fertilizer plants, grain mills close as Hurricane Milton nears
Reading Time: 2 minutes Fertilizer plants, livestock feed facilities and at least one large flour mill in Florida closed on Wednesday in preparation for Hurricane Milton's destructive winds, heavy rain and deadly storm surge.
U.S. grains: Soy futures soar on US weather woes
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures hit their highest in two months on Friday as soymeal futures surged by five per cent on worries about damage to crops and infrastructure in the Gulf Coast region following the landfall of Hurricane Helene as well as short-covering ahead of key crop reports due Monday.
Louisiana energy hubs, crop exports disrupted ahead of Hurricane Francine
Reading Time: 2 minutes Energy production and agricultural exports out of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico were disrupted, and oil refineries in Louisiana slowed operations ahead of Hurricane Francine's landfall later on Wednesday, according to official and operator reports.
Orange juice prices near all-time high as storm hits Florida
Crop was already expected to be small
Reading Time: < 1 minute New York | Reuters — Orange juice prices at the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) rose more than three per cent on Wednesday, heading back toward an all-time high hit earlier this month, as storm Idalia slammed parts of main U.S. orange producer Florida. Contracts for frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) at ICE hit a high of […] Read more
Atlantic Canada on Hurricane Fiona’s path, broad impact expected
Parts of Nova Scotia more vulnerable to flooding
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Hurricane Fiona is headed toward Eastern Canada and is expected to reach its Atlantic region by Friday in what could be a severe weather event as the storm continues to gain strength, Canadian meteorologists said Wednesday. Fiona powered up to a Category 4 storm on Wednesday, packing winds as high as 215 km/h, […] Read more
Some grain terminals restart after Ida as Nicholas rains arrive
Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Another grain export terminal near Louisiana’s Gulf Coast shuttered for two weeks by Hurricane Ida restarted operations this week even as heavy rains from Tropical Storm Nicholas battered the region on Tuesday. Global grain trader Cargill said it had reopened its Westwego, La. grain export terminal and on Monday unloaded its first grain […] Read more
Dorian swept swimming cows two miles to North Carolina beach
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cape Lookout National Seashore, N.C. | Reuters — Three cows have been spotted beachcombing on a remote barrier island on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, swept to an unlikely grazing spot when Hurricane Dorian whipped waves powerful enough to carry them two miles from their home. One of the bovine bodysurfers was seen soon after the […] Read more
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