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It’s all gone to pot! Jamaica faces ‘worst ever’ marijuana shortage after heavy rains, drought and drop in farmers – with experts dubbing it a ‘cultural embarrassment’ Heavy rains during last year’s hurricane season pummelled marijuana fields that were later scorched in a drought, causing ‘tens of thousands of dollars’ in losses Jamaica authorised regulated … Read more
Business is booming for dairy farmers who are adapting to the Covid pandemic by bottling up their profits in vending machines. As supermarkets struggle to meet the demand for dairy, two family-run farms have taken to selling milk fresh from the cow in self-serve dispensing machines. Will Lambourne runs Townsend Farm in Marsh Gibbon, near Bicester … Read more
End of mortgage drought as banks gear up for price war in New Year By Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 19 December 2020 | Updated: 22:28 GMT, 19 December 2020 Banks have kick-started a mortgage price war, ending four months of rate hikes. In a report, the Bank of England revealed … Read more
As some 60 million Americans on the east coast prepare for the worst nor’easter in a decade, nearly 84 million across the US are experiencing some level of drought. The west and southwest areas were hit with a drought this past spring that continued and intensified through the summer, fall and now into the winter … Read more
How to boost your income during the dividend drought: Payouts from FTSE 100 firms are forecast to fall 24% this year… but there are ways to ease the pain By Justin Urquhart Stewart For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 20 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 20 November 2020 What’s Happening? Amongst all the … Read more
Tap into water firms to beat dividend drought: Utility shares could be your pipeline to a better income By Anne Ashworth For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 GMT, 30 October 2020 | Updated: 22:18 GMT, 30 October 2020 The past week’s stock market turmoil, sparked by the Covid second wave and apprehension over the US … Read more
La Niña is here! NOAA spots conditions of the weather phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean that has a 75% chance of plaguing the US with hurricanes and droughts through the winter NOAA has observed La Niña conditions in the Pacific as of last month Surface temperatures dropped to 26.6 egress Fahrenheit over the past weeks This weather … Read more
If you are one of the many investors who need an income, prepare for a little good news. A few big name firms have resumed paying dividends, and there are some generous yields on offer. This will come as a relief to those who feared that the dividend drought created by Covid-19 could become a … Read more
Is Europe heading for a drought? Satellite pictures show ground water running low after warmest winter on record and dry spring Europe is facing a potential shortage of water for the third year in a row Eastern Europe began seeing meteorological drought conditions in early spring Meteorologists have predicted June, July and August will see … Read more
Brits are being urged to avoid using sprinklers and take shorter showers amid a surge in the demand for water after what is expected to be the driest May for England since 1896. Leading industry body Water UK is begging people to ‘use water wisely’ following a string of moorland fires and as dry weather and the … Read more