Slower global growth and increased yields will keep commodity prices in check for several years.
In addition to increased yields of beef per acre, the Grasslands model also creates an opportunity to commoditize sequestered carbon for carbon credit trading.
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They have also increased yields to produce more food from the same amount of land, so less wilderness has to be put under the plough.
Those very herbicide-resistant plants, now grown on more than 220 million acres annually worldwide, have spurred the adoption of more environment-friendly herbicides and agricultural practices--changes that have markedly reduced soil erosion, the runoff of agricultural chemicals and carbon dioxide emissions, and increased yields.
What is more, for wheat the increasing level of carbon dioxide that is changing the climate also makes photosynthesis easier, which should have increased yields enough to wipe out perhaps half of the climate-related loss (maize, which photosynthesises in a different way, is thus the bigger loser of the two in net terms).
It has increased the yields of farmers and taken a lot of the back-breaking labor out of farming.
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And, harder to quantify but just as real, there are losses from uncertainty and increased bond yields in other vulnerable countries that will follow from the demonstration that the euro really can be left.
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While premiums to book value have eroded in recent quarters as share prices stagnated and dividends were flat or cut, keep in mind that the relative attractiveness of the Agency MREIT yields has actually increased as competing investment yields have fallen.
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Short term bond yields increased slightly to 3.64% for the benchmark 10-year Treasury, while the 30-year bond yields fell to 4.68%.
Government bond yields increased slightly as well, the 10-year benchmark note rising to 3.62% and the 30-year note rising to 4.75%.
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The difference between Treasury and junk bond yields increased to 743 basis points, the widest the spread has been since early December.
The net result was impressive: excess nitrogen was reduced by about 25%, while crop yields actually increased.
Crop yields have increased at a constant rate despite changes in global temperature.
But milk production has not fallen as a result, since herds have grown and milk yields have increased in cows.
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The downgrade was mainly a reaction to a lack of policy response by Euro leaders, as contagion fears have put increased pressure on Spanish bond yields.
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Prices on 10-year Treasurys fell slightly, bringing the yields up to 3.34%, while yields on 30-year bonds increased to 4.51%.
More long-term JGB investors say they are struggling to figure out how to adjust to what is likely to be years of lower yields as the BOJ starts its increased purchases.
The utilities sector has seen increased volatility over the past few weeks as treasury yields have come under pressure.
Australia's near-record-low interest rates have made cash investments less attractive, and in turn increased the appeal of banking stocks with comparatively high dividend yields.
But she says the lower yields of organic farms in any country could be greatly increased as scientists learn more about controlling insects and disease without chemicals, and find the right crops to suit a particular region's pests and climate.
We covered our Treasury shorts as yields spiked in late March and became buyers shortly thereafter as our conviction increased that both leading indicators and CPI are set to peak in the immediate term, potentially cutting short the tactical back-up in yields we envisioned.
Both Tepper and Stepherson spoke about the increased correlation between gold, oil, copper, equities, and falling dollar and bond yields.
Since then, demand for bonds has pushed real yields steadily lower, so that even as shares have recovered, stated pension liabilities have increased faster.
In fact, yields on 10-year U.S. Treasuries have fallen significantly as prices have increased due to investors shifting money from European debt to U.S. debt following the ongoing problems with the outstanding debt of the PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain) countries and the lack of market satisfaction with the recently announced bailout plan for Spain and Italy in particular.
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Taubman Centers ( TCO) has increased its dividend 15 times since it went public in 1992, and currently pays a regular quarterly dividend that yields 2.3% annually.
Speculation had increased, especially among foreign investors, that Japan's life insurers and banks would rush abroad to seek higher yields as the Bank of Japan's mammoth purchases of Japanese government bonds push down returns at home.
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