date:Aug 10, 2012
ing beyond agriculture into power and fuel production. US nuclear plants output on July 27 was the lowest for the day since 2001 because water was too hot to be an effective coolant, government data show. Parched conditions will spread into North Dakota and central Texas through October and last across the Midwest, the main growing region, the Camp Springs, Maryland-based Climate Prediction Center said August 2.
Wheat gained 40 per cent to $9.135 a bushel this year on the Chicago Board of Trade