As the severe effect of the worst drought in a half century becomes more clear, the governors of Maryland and Delaware have officially requested that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) take immediate action to save jobs, stave off rising food prices and limit the devastating economic consequences to the economy of the Delmarva region.
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Broiler production next year is forecast by USDA to be 36.109 billion pounds, 594 million pounds less than its forecast last month and 1.3 percent under the 36.571 billion pounds now forecast for 2012, according to the Department’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report today.
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USDA’s first survey-based corn crop estimate for this year put the corn harvest at 10.779 billion bushels and the soybean harvest at 2.692 billion bushels, confirming the significant impact of this summer’s drought on these crops, according to the Department’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate report.
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