Author: DPA

Fires have been ravaging large swathes of southern Europe this month, while a prolonged and intense heatwave pushed temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius across much of the Mediterranean and the Balkans. The prolonged periods of scorching heat dried out vegetation, which had grown rapidly in countries like Spain and Portugal after a wet spring, allowing the fires to burn more intensely and spread further.Read More

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Combined U.S. and Canadian cattle and hog inventory numbers were mixed when compared to a year ago. The USDA and Statistics Canada say that combined hog herd was slightly larger than this time last year at 89 million head, with a modest increase for the U.S. to 75.1 million head canceling out a 1% decrease […]Read More

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