Agriculture
New York Times- Crop Yield Raises Risk To Food Cost Consumers can expect to see a jump in prices for pasta, meat, vegetable oil and many other grocery items in the coming months as a pair of new government reports forecast on Thursday that a brutal mixture of heat, drought or flooding has taken a toll on the corn, soybeans and wheat grown on American farms.
USDA -National Monthly Average Market Prices to Date and Market Year Average
Jobs
Bureau of Labor Statistics- Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary
“There were 3.1 million job openings on the last business day of June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.1percent) and separations rate (3.1 percent) were
again little changed over the month.”
Environment
Environmental Protection Agency- Imprelis and Investigation of Damage to Trees
“The Environmental Protection Agency has received reports from numerous states that E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company's (DuPont) herbicide, Imprelis, which contains the active ingredient aminocyclopyrachlor, may be causing injury to certain species of evergreen trees, particularly Norway spruce and white pine”
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