As I have documented in prior columns, global warming is creating ideal weather that is producing record crop yields.
The state's growers have rapidly expanded capacity to their orchards in recent years, contributing to 2010's record crop of 110 million boxes, at the same time that growth in the labor pool has stagnated.
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"Regardless of recent crop price declines from record highs, nutrient prices remain very strong and supply remains tight, " Downey said.
Maybe the new crop of female Senators and the record number of female committee heads will spark an uptick in political aspirations among college-age women, or maybe the next generation of female leaders has cannily surmised that the path to power is more apt to run through the C-suite than the halls of Congress.
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Next year's crop is sure to set a new record, even though only those who score over 5% in the first round get public finance.
Wales' record at Murrayfield certainly makes for distressing reading for the current crop of players.
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Commodities have surged past equities since the beginning of the year, as demand issues and political uncertainty push oil up to record marks and weather patterns across the globe have caused lower crop outputs for commodities like corn and wheat.
Nine million tons would double the previous record of 4.3 million tons set 15 years ago after a disastrous crop.
But everything from foreign currencies (the Canadian, Australian and New Zealand dollars all test record highs) to precious metals (setting new records almost daily) and crop futures (corn and wheat have nearly doubled this year).
Record high temperatures are occurring with far greater frequency than in decades past, and crop yields decline sharply in extreme heat.
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