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Lisa Su, president and chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), speaks during a launch event in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. AMD promoted its new server processor as better-performing than more expensive parts from rival Intel Corp., and said the company had won Google as a new customer for the product. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via G
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La Nina gives a turbocharge boost to already high food prices
Global prices for food and crops are at multi-year highs and thereâs a culprit far larger than human commerce: La Nina.Â
By Brian K Sullivan, Fabiana Batista and Jasmine Ng, Bloomberg
2 May 2021 08:42
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Global prices for food and crops are at multi-year highs and thereâs a culprit far larger than human commerce: La Nina.
This year, the weather pattern has already made its mark in North and South America as well as Australia and Indonesia. Characterized by the cooling of the equatorial Pacific, La Nina triggers atmospheric gyrations that cause water scarcity in some places and floods in others. And the prospect of drought across the US â and difficult weather just about everywhere else â is roiling commodities markets. Combined with falling yields and growing demand from China, the result is soaring food prices and