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Hurricane Ian to worsen bleak outlook for U.S. orange juice industry

By Marcelo Teixeira September 29, 2022

New York | Reuters — Hurricane Ian is likely to have worsened what was already expected to be the smallest U.S. orange crop in 55 years after it blasted through a large fruit producing area when it passed through Florida this week, flooding farms and causing oranges to drop from trees. Precise information on losses […] Read more

Irma whips orange trees, shuts meat plants

By Tom Polansek September 11, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Hurricane Irma stripped oranges from trees and prompted Tyson Foods to shut meat plants in Florida and Georgia on Monday to keep workers safe. Tyson, the biggest U.S. meat company, hopes to resume normal operations soon at chicken plants it shuttered in Cumming, Dawson and Vienna, Ga., and at a beef […] Read more

From sugar mills to hog farms, U.S. agriculture braces for Irma

By P.J. Huffstutter, Renita D. Young September 7, 2017

Chicago/New York | Reuters — Hurricane Irma sent farmers and food companies scrambling to protect processing facilities, farm fields and animal herds in the south and southeastern parts of the U.S. on Wednesday. Florida sugar and citrus processors rushed to secure rail cars and equipment that could be crushed, blocked or turned into flying projectiles. […] Read more

A satellite view of Hurricane Matthew at about 1 p.m. ET on Oct. 6, as the hurricane regained Category 4 status. (NASA/NOAA GOES Project)

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U.S. farmers race to ready for Hurricane Matthew’s blast

By Chris Prentice October 6, 2016

New York | Reuters — Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in nearly a decade, roiled commodities markets and forced companies from cane refiners to orange juice makers to shutter as it whipped its way toward the southeastern U.S. on Thursday. Southeastern companies were closing down operations ahead of a storm that could threaten some […] Read more

A Russian grain terminal at the Port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea. (NMTP.info)

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Russia may ban Egyptian citrus amid wheat dispute

By Eric Knecht, Polina Devitt September 13, 2016

Moscow/Cairo | Reuters — Russia threatened to ban Egyptian citrus imports on Tuesday, a move that could escalate a trade dispute over exports of Russian wheat to the world’s largest importer of the grain. Moscow said this week it hopes to hold talks with Egypt, its top buyer, over Cairo’s failure to approve Russian wheat […] Read more

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Hurricane Ian to worsen bleak outlook for U.S. orange juice industry

Irma whips orange trees, shuts meat plants

From sugar mills to hog farms, U.S. agriculture braces for Irma

U.S. farmers race to ready for Hurricane Matthew’s blast

Russia may ban Egyptian citrus amid wheat dispute

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