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Jeff Schorner poses for a photo next to his business, Al’s Family Farms, which he lost during Hurricane Milton, in Lakewood Park, near Fort Pierce, in St. Lucie County, Florida, U.S., October 11, 2024. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Hurricane Milton caused $1.5-$2.5 billion in losses to Florida agriculture

By Karl Plume, Reuters October 17, 2024

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.

A dragline operator moves around phosphate rocks while mining at Mosaic’s South Fort Meade Mine in Fort Meade, Florida January 13, 2010./File Photo

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Mosaic expects Florida fertilizer facilities to return to full production soon

By Reuters October 15, 2024

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.

FILE PHOTO: A dragline operator moves around phosphate rocks while mining at Mosaic’s South Fort Meade Mine in Fort Meade, Florida January 13, 2010./File Photo

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Mosaic says fertilizer waste facility’s water entered Tampa Bay after Hurricane Milton

Industrial byproduct phosphogypsum is known to emit cancer-causing radioactive gas

By Reuters, Tom Polansek October 11, 2024

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.

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Florida fertilizer plants, grain mills close as Hurricane Milton nears

By Reuters October 9, 2024

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.

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Markets

U.S. grains: Soy futures soar on US weather woes

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters September 27, 2024

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.

A billboard is seen as Hurricane Francine approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast, in Morgan City, Louisiana, U.S. September 11, 2024. REUTERS/Marco Bello

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Louisiana energy hubs, crop exports disrupted ahead of Hurricane Francine

By Erwin Seba, Marianna Parraga, Reuters, Tom Polansek September 11, 2024

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.

ICE November 2023 FCOJ with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

Orange juice prices near all-time high as storm hits Florida

Crop was already expected to be small

By Marcelo Teixeira August 31, 2023

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

A man stands inside his destroyed house in the rural zone of Cuey, in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona, in El Seibo in the Dominican Republic on Sept. 20, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Ricardo Rojas)

Atlantic Canada on Hurricane Fiona’s path, broad impact expected

Parts of Nova Scotia more vulnerable to flooding

By Ismail Shakil September 21, 2022

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

Tropical Storm Nicholas in the Gulf of Mexico on Sept. 14, 2021. (Nesdis.noaa.gov)

Crops, Markets

Some grain terminals restart after Ida as Nicholas rains arrive

By Karl Plume September 14, 2021

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

A deep storm surge that flowed during Hurricane Dorian from the Pamlico Sound back to the Atlantic Ocean swept this cow off her home range on North Carolina’s Cedar Island over to the barrier island in Cape Lookout National Seashore, where she was found in early September. (U.S. National Park Service photo by Jeff West)

Livestock

Dorian swept swimming cows two miles to North Carolina beach

By Jonathan Drake November 14, 2019

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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Hurricane Milton caused $1.5-$2.5 billion in losses to Florida agriculture

Mosaic expects Florida fertilizer facilities to return to full production soon

Mosaic says fertilizer waste facility’s water entered Tampa Bay after Hurricane Milton

Florida fertilizer plants, grain mills close as Hurricane Milton nears

U.S. grains: Soy futures soar on US weather woes

Louisiana energy hubs, crop exports disrupted ahead of Hurricane Francine

Orange juice prices near all-time high as storm hits Florida

Atlantic Canada on Hurricane Fiona’s path, broad impact expected

Some grain terminals restart after Ida as Nicholas rains arrive

Dorian swept swimming cows two miles to North Carolina beach

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